History is marked by alternating movements across the imaginary line that separates East from West in Eurasia.
HERODOTUSThe 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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The trials of living and the pangs of disease make even the short span of life too long.
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The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
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Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
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How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
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Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.
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He is the best man who, when making his plans, fears and reflects on everything that can happen to him, but in the moment of action is bold.
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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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Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
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But I like not these great successes of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.
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If someone were to put a proposition before men bidding them choose, after examination, the best customs in the world, each nation would certainly select its own
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It is better to be envied than pitied.
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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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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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Dreams in general take their rise from those incidents which have most occupied the thoughts during the day.
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The man of affluence is not in fact more happy than the possessor of a bare competency, unless, in addition to his wealth, the end of his life be fortunate. We often see misery dwelling in the midst of splendour, whilst real happiness is found in humbler stations.
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