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Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.

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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
A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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Naked Respect Women
The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
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Ears Eye Trust
Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.
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Divine God Impossible Men People
Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
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Force Little Wisdom
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
But I like not these great successes of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.
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God Greatness Jealous Success
Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
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Change Men Resistance
It is better to be envied than pitied.
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Better Envy One Liner
The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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God Greatness Love
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
The secret of success is that it is not the absence of failure, but the absence of envy.
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Absence Envy Failure Secret Success
As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning. It’s impossible for someone who is human to have all good things together, just as there is no single country able to provide all good things for itself.
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Country Goodness Human Philosophy Togetherness
I never yet feared those men who set a place apart in the middle of their cities where they gather to cheat one another and swear oaths which they break.
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Break Cheating Fear Men Place
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
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

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