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Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.

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
God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
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God Himself Suffering
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
Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
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Change Men Resistance
Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.
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Death Happy Men
I know that human happiness never remains long in the same place.
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Happiness Human Philosophy Remain
The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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Fortune Hate Human Men Wisdom
When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.
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Death Life Refuge
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
As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
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Beginning End Together
The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
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Ears Eye Trust
Force has no place where there is need of skill.
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Force Military Need Skill
Those who are guided by reason are generally successful in their plans; those who are rash and precipitate seldom enjoy the favour of the gods.
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Enjoyment Favour God Reason Success
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
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
The secret of success is that it is not the absence of failure, but the absence of envy.
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Absence Envy Failure Secret Success

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