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

Herodotus

Adversity has the effect of drawing out strength and qualities of a man that would have laid dormant in its absence.
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Absence Adversity Drawing Mad Men Strength
Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
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Force Little Wisdom
Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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Character Clothes Modesty Remember
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
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
When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.
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Death Life Refuge
Far better it is to have a stout heart always and suffer one’s share of evils, than to be ever fearing what may happen.
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Evil Fear Heart Suffering
The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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Fortune Hate Human Men Wisdom
My men have become women, but the women men.
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Courage Men Women
The period of a [Persian] boy’s education is between the ages of five and twenty, and he is taught three things only: to ride, to use the bow, and to speak the truth.
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Age Chilren Education
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
Call no man happy before he dies.
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Death Happiness Himself 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
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 king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
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Greatness Human Kings Power
Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.
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Death Happy Men
Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
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Friendship Material Value
Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.
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Effort Evil Philosophy 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
I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it.
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Believe Bound Cases Myself
One should always look to the end of everything, how it will finally come out. For the god has shown blessedness to many only to overturn them utterly in the end.
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Belief Blessing End God Hope Oneself
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
The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.
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Alone Ships Wall
Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
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Goodness Slavery
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
It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
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God Greatness Lows
Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.
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Honor Love Possession Shady

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