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

Herodotus

One should always look to the end of everything, how it will finally come out. For the god has shown blessedness to many only to overturn them utterly in the end.
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Belief Blessing End God Hope Oneself
It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing.
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Alone Equality Freedom Goodness Talk
Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
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Change Men Resistance
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
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
We have two useless gods who never leave our island, but like to dwell in it constantly, Poverty and Helplessness.
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God Help Islands Poor
Call no man happy before he dies.
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Death Happiness Himself Men
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
The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
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Ourselves Shine War
The Colchians, Ethiopians and Egyptians have thick lips, broad nose, woolly hair and they are burnt of skin.
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Appearance Hairs Skin
How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
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Better Envy
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
God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
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God Himself Suffering
It is better to be envied than pitied.
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Better Envy One Liner
I know that human happiness never remains long in the same place.
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Happiness Human Philosophy Remain
When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.
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Death Life Refuge

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

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