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The worst pain a man can have is to know much and be impotent to act.

Herodotus

How can a monarchy be a suitable thing, which allows a man to do as he pleases with none to hold him to account. And even if you were to take the best man on earth, and put him into a monarchy, you put outside him the thoughts that usually guide him.
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Himself Men Politics Rule
Adversity has the effect of drawing out strength and qualities of a man that would have laid dormant in its absence.
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Absence Adversity Drawing Mad Men Strength
Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.
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Effort Evil Philosophy War
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
The king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
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Greatness Human Kings Power
Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
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Chance Circumstances Men Philosophy
Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
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Goodness Slavery
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
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
A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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Naked Respect Women
I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it.
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Believe Bound Cases Myself
It is better to be envied than pitied.
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Better Envy One Liner
Some give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.
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Design Give Up Goal Happiness Inspirational Moments
I know that human happiness never remains long in the same place.
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Happiness Human Philosophy Remain
The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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God Greatness Love
It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
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God Greatness Lows

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