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The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.

Herodotus

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
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
Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
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Friendship Material Value
If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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Inspirational Possible Time
Envy is so natural to human kind, that it cannot but arise.
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Character Envy Human Kind Nature
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
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
Let there be nothing untried; for nothing happens by itself, but men obtain all things by trying.
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Inspirational Learning Men Philosophy Trying
Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
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Chance Circumstances Men Philosophy
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
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 wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.
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Alone Ships Wall
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
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
It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
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God Greatness Lows

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