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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.

Herodotus

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
He is the best man who, when making his plans, fears and reflects on everything that can happen to him, but in the moment of action is bold.
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Action Bold Men Moments Planning
Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
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Force Little Wisdom
These ‘messengers’ will not be hindered from accomplishing at their best speed the distance which they have to go, either by snow, or rain, or heat, or by the darkness of night.
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Accomplishment Best Distance Night Rain
But this I know: if all mankind were to take their troubles to market with the idea of exchanging them, anyone seeing what his neighbor’s troubles were like would be glad to go home with his own.
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Deep Happiness Home Ideas Philosophy
The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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Fortune Hate Human Men Wisdom
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
The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.
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Alone Ships Wall
The man who has planned badly, if fortune is on his side, may have had a stroke of luck; but his plan was a bad one nonetheless.
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Fortune Luck Men Side
Call no man happy before he dies.
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Death Happiness Himself Men
We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
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Convinced Nature See
Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
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Change Men Resistance
A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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Naked Respect Women
In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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Death Father Peace War
As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
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Beginning End Together
The man of affluence is not in fact more happy than the possessor of a bare competency, unless, in addition to his wealth, the end of his life be fortunate. We often see misery dwelling in the midst of splendour, whilst real happiness is found in humbler stations.
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Happiness Humble Life Reality

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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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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