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I never yet feared those men who set a place apart in the middle of their cities where they gather to cheat one another and swear oaths which they break.

Herodotus

A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
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Goodness Kings Oneself Rule
The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.
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Alone Ships Wall
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
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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Death Inspirational One Liner Suicide
The trials of living and the pangs of disease make even the short span of life too long.
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Disease Live Long Time Trials
The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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God Greatness Love
The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
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Ears Eye Trust
My men have become women, but the women men.
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Courage Men Women
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
Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
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Fortunate Happiness Men Rich
The Lacedaemonians fought a memorable battle; they made it quite clear that they were the experts, and that they were fighting against amateurs.
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Battle Fight Memories
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
Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.
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Death Happy Men
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
If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.
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Fun Himself Men relief Serious
Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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Eyes Man Music Trust

I never yet feared those men who set a place apart in the middle of their cities where they gather to cheat one another and swear oaths which they break.

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