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Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.

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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
In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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Death Father Peace War
Force has no place where there is need of skill.
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Force Military Need Skill
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
It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
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God Greatness Lows
The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.
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Alone Ships Wall
In soft regions are born soft men.
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Born Life Men
Historia (Inquiry); so that the actions of of people will not fade with time.
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Action End Fade Life People Time
Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
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Chance Circumstances Men Philosophy
I never yet feared those men who set a place apart in the middle of their cities where they gather to cheat one another and swear oaths which they break.
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Break Cheating Fear Men Place
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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Death Inspirational One Liner Suicide
History is marked by alternating movements across the imaginary line that separates East from West in Eurasia.
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History Imagination Movement War
There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
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Foolish Outrage Useless War
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
The worst pain a man can have is to know much and be impotent to act.
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Act Knowledge Men Pain Worst

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