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The worst part a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing.

Herodotus

It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing.
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Alone Equality Freedom Goodness Talk
Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.
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Honor Love Possession Shady
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
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
A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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Naked Respect Women
Envy is so natural to human kind, that it cannot but arise.
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Character Envy Human Kind Nature
Chances rule men and not men chances.
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Chance Men Rule
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
As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
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Beginning End Together
Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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Eyes Man Music Trust
The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.
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Alone Ships Wall
All men’s gains are the fruit of venturing.
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Business Inspirational Men Result
We have two useless gods who never leave our island, but like to dwell in it constantly, Poverty and Helplessness.
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God Help Islands Poor
The trials of living and the pangs of disease make even the short span of life too long.
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Disease Live Long Time Trials
The king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
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Greatness Human Kings Power
But I like not these great successes of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.
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God Greatness Jealous Success

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