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We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.

Herodotus

In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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Death Father Peace War
Historia (Inquiry); so that the actions of of people will not fade with time.
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Action End Fade Life People Time
Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
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Goodness Slavery
Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
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Chance Circumstances Men Philosophy
Those who are guided by reason are generally successful in their plans; those who are rash and precipitate seldom enjoy the favour of the gods.
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Enjoyment Favour God Reason Success
Force has no place where there is need of skill.
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Force Military Need Skill
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
The king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
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Greatness Human Kings Power
Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
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Force Little Wisdom
Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.
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Death Happy Men
The Lacedaemonians fought a memorable battle; they made it quite clear that they were the experts, and that they were fighting against amateurs.
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Battle Fight Memories
In soft regions are born soft men.
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Born Life Men
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
It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
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God Greatness Lows
The most hateful grief of all human griefs is to have knowledge of a truth, but no power over the event.
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Destiny Event Grief Knowledge Truth
But this I know: if all mankind were to take their troubles to market with the idea of exchanging them, anyone seeing what his neighbor’s troubles were like would be glad to go home with his own.
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Deep Happiness Home Ideas Philosophy

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