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

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Happiness is not fame or riches or heroic virtues, but a state that will inspire posterity to think in reflecting upon our life, that it was the life they would wish to live.
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Happiness Inspirational Life Live Reflection Thinking
Call no man happy before he dies.
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Death Happiness Himself Men
Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
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Chance Circumstances Men Philosophy
If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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Inspirational Possible Time
Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.
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Divine God Impossible Men People
It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
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God Greatness Lows
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
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
The Colchians, Ethiopians and Egyptians have thick lips, broad nose, woolly hair and they are burnt of skin.
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Appearance Hairs Skin
Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
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Friendship Material Value
Chances rule men and not men chances.
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Chance Men Rule
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
The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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Fortune Hate Human Men Wisdom
It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing.
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Alone Equality Freedom Goodness Talk
Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
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Fortunate Happiness Men Rich
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

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