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Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.

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Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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Eyes Man Music Trust
In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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Death Father Peace War
In soft regions are born soft men.
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Born Life Men
The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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Fortune Hate Human Men Wisdom
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
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
The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
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Ourselves Shine War
We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
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Convinced Nature See
A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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Naked Respect Women
All of life is action and passion, and not to be involved in the actions and passions of your time is to risk having not really lived at all.
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Action Deep Life Passion Philosophy Risk Time
When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.
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Death Life Refuge
The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
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Ears Eye Trust
Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
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Force Little Wisdom
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
Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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Character Clothes Modesty Remember

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