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In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.

Herodotus

In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
HERODOTUS

Death Father Peace War
The most hateful grief of all human griefs is to have knowledge of a truth, but no power over the event.
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Destiny Event Grief Knowledge Truth
The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
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Ears Eye Trust
In soft regions are born soft men.
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Born Life Men
As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning. It’s impossible for someone who is human to have all good things together, just as there is no single country able to provide all good things for itself.
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Country Goodness Human Philosophy Togetherness
Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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Character Clothes Modesty Remember
It is sound planning that invariably earns us the outcome we want; without it, even the gods are unlikely to look with favour on our designs.
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Design Effort Favour Outcomes Result
Historia (Inquiry); so that the actions of of people will not fade with time.
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Action End Fade Life People Time
But I like not these great successes of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.
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God Greatness Jealous Success
The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
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Ourselves Shine War
History is marked by alternating movements across the imaginary line that separates East from West in Eurasia.
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History Imagination Movement War
But if you know that you are a man too, and that even such are those that rule, learn this first of all: that all human affairs are a wheel which, as it turns, does not allow the same men always to be fortunate.
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Change Fortunate Human Men Rule
A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
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Goodness Kings Oneself Rule
Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.
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Honor Love Possession Shady
Great things are won by great dangers.
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Danger Greatness Inspirational One Liner
Call no man happy before he dies.
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Death Happiness Himself Men

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