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If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.

Herodotus

Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
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Fortunate Happiness Men Rich
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
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
In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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Death Father Peace War
The worst pain a man can have is to know much and be impotent to act.
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Act Knowledge Men Pain Worst
As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
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Beginning End Together
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
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 trials of living and the pangs of disease make even the short span of life too long.
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Disease Live Long Time Trials
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
Force has no place where there is need of skill.
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Force Military Need Skill
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
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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Born Country Hero Law Men Nature
It is better to be envied than pitied.
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Better Envy One Liner
All men’s gains are the fruit of venturing.
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Business Inspirational Men Result
Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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Eyes Man Music Trust

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