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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.

Herodotus

If you have two loaves of bread, keep one to nourish the body, but sell the other to buy hyacinths for the soul.
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Body Food Health Soul
Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
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Friendship Material Value
The secret of success is that it is not the absence of failure, but the absence of envy.
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Absence Envy Failure Secret Success
Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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Character Clothes Modesty Remember
The king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
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Greatness Human Kings Power
A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
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Goodness Kings Oneself Rule
Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
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Force Little Wisdom
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
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
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
Call no man happy before he dies.
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Death Happiness Himself Men
The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
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Ourselves Shine War
A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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Naked Respect Women
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
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
Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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Eyes Man Music Trust

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