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We have two useless gods who never leave our island, but like to dwell in it constantly, Poverty and Helplessness.

Herodotus

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
In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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Death Father Peace War
Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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Character Clothes Modesty Remember
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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Death Inspirational One Liner Suicide
There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
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Foolish Outrage Useless War
It [Egypt] has more wonders in it than any other country in the world and provides more works that defy description than any otherplace.
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Country Egypt World
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
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
In soft regions are born soft men.
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Born Life Men
Force has no place where there is need of skill.
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Force Military Need Skill
Chances rule men and not men chances.
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Chance Men Rule
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
If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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Inspirational Possible Time
Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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Eyes Man Music Trust
I know that human happiness never remains long in the same place.
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Happiness Human Philosophy Remain
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

We have two useless gods who never leave our island, but like to dwell in it constantly, Poverty and Helplessness.

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