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Men trust their ears less than their eyes.

Herodotus

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
It is sound planning that invariably earns us the outcome we want; without it, even the gods are unlikely to look with favour on our designs.
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Design Effort Favour Outcomes Result
As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
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Beginning End Together
Great things are won by great dangers.
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Danger Greatness Inspirational One Liner
Chances rule men and not men chances.
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Chance Men Rule
Haste in every business brings failures.
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Business Failure Haste
If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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Inspirational Possible Time
Dreams in general take their rise from those incidents which have most occupied the thoughts during the day.
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Dream Incident Rise
Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
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Friendship Material Value
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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Death Inspirational One Liner Suicide
Far better it is to have a stout heart always and suffer one’s share of evils, than to be ever fearing what may happen.
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Evil Fear Heart Suffering
It [Egypt] has more wonders in it than any other country in the world and provides more works that defy description than any otherplace.
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Country Egypt World
God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
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God Himself Suffering
How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
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Better Envy
In soft regions are born soft men.
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Born Life Men
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

Men trust their ears less than their eyes.

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