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The trials of living and the pangs of disease make even the short span of life too long.

Herodotus

How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
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Better Envy
Chances rule men and not men chances.
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Chance Men Rule
Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
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Change Men Resistance
The king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
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Greatness Human Kings Power
It is a law of nature that fainthearted men should be the fruit of luxurious countries, for we never find that the same soil produces delicacies and heroes.
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Born Country Hero Law Men Nature
The period of a [Persian] boy’s education is between the ages of five and twenty, and he is taught three things only: to ride, to use the bow, and to speak the truth.
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Age Chilren Education
Some give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.
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Design Give Up Goal Happiness Inspirational Moments
Call no man happy before he dies.
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Death Happiness Himself Men
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
Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.
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Effort Evil Philosophy War
A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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Naked Respect Women
If you have two loaves of bread, keep one to nourish the body, but sell the other to buy hyacinths for the soul.
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Body Food Health Soul
It is better to be envied than pitied.
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Better Envy One Liner
The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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Fortune Hate Human Men Wisdom
Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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Character Clothes Modesty Remember
Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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Eyes Man Music Trust

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