It is better to be envied than pitied.
HERODOTUSOf all possessions a friend is the most precious.
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If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.
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When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.
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A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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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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Chances rule men and not men chances.
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Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
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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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Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
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There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
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The trials of living and the pangs of disease make even the short span of life too long.
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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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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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The worst pain a man can have is to know much and be impotent to act.
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But I like not these great successes of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.
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