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There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.

Herodotus

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
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
Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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Eyes Man Music Trust
In soft regions are born soft men.
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Born Life Men
Envy is so natural to human kind, that it cannot but arise.
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Character Envy Human Kind Nature
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
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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Action Bold Men Moments Planning
The man who has planned badly, if fortune is on his side, may have had a stroke of luck; but his plan was a bad one nonetheless.
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Fortune Luck Men Side
When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.
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Death Life Refuge
As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
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Beginning End Together
Historia (Inquiry); so that the actions of of people will not fade with time.
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Action End Fade Life People Time
Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
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Fortunate Happiness Men Rich
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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Death Inspirational One Liner Suicide
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
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

There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.

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