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The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.

Herodotus

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
In soft regions are born soft men.
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Born Life Men
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
Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.
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Divine God Impossible Men People
There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
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Foolish Outrage Useless War
Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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Character Clothes Modesty Remember
Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.
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Death Happy Men
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 man of affluence is not in fact more happy than the possessor of a bare competency, unless, in addition to his wealth, the end of his life be fortunate. We often see misery dwelling in the midst of splendour, whilst real happiness is found in humbler stations.
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Happiness Humble Life Reality
The king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
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Greatness Human Kings Power
As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
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Beginning End Together
God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
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God Himself Suffering
But this I know: if all mankind were to take their troubles to market with the idea of exchanging them, anyone seeing what his neighbor’s troubles were like would be glad to go home with his own.
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Deep Happiness Home Ideas Philosophy
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
We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
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Convinced Nature See
If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.
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Fun Himself Men relief Serious

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