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It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.

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
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
Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
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Goodness Slavery
The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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God Greatness Love
It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
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God Greatness Lows
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
My men have become women, but the women men.
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Courage Men Women
If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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Inspirational Possible Time
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
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
There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
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Foolish Outrage Useless War
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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Death Inspirational One Liner Suicide
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
Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.
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Forever History Time
Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.
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Honor Love Possession Shady
If someone were to put a proposition before men bidding them choose, after examination, the best customs in the world, each nation would certainly select its own
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Bidding Choice Men Nation World

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