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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

Unless a variety of opinions are laid before us, we have no opportunity of selection, but are bound of necessity to adopt the particular view which may have been brought forward.
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Decision Necessary Opinion Opportunity View
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
Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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Eyes Man Music Trust
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 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
Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
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Goodness Slavery
If someone were to put a proposition before men bidding them choose, after examination, the best customs in the world, each nation would certainly select its own
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Bidding Choice Men Nation World
If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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Inspirational Possible Time
Great things are won by great dangers.
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Danger Greatness Inspirational One Liner
The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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Fortune Hate Human Men Wisdom
Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.
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Death Happy Men
It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
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God Greatness Lows
In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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Death Father Peace War
These ‘messengers’ will not be hindered from accomplishing at their best speed the distance which they have to go, either by snow, or rain, or heat, or by the darkness of night.
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Accomplishment Best Distance Night Rain
I know that human happiness never remains long in the same place.
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Happiness Human Philosophy Remain

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

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