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When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.

Herodotus

A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
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Goodness Kings Oneself Rule
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
My men have become women, but the women men.
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Courage Men Women
In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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Death Father Peace War
Great things are won by great dangers.
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Danger Greatness Inspirational One Liner
As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
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Beginning End Together
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 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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Happiness Humble Life Reality
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
Haste in every business brings failures.
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Business Failure Haste
It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
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God Greatness Lows
But if you know that you are a man too, and that even such are those that rule, learn this first of all: that all human affairs are a wheel which, as it turns, does not allow the same men always to be fortunate.
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Change Fortunate Human Men Rule
All men’s gains are the fruit of venturing.
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Business Inspirational Men Result
If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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Inspirational Possible Time
Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.
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Divine God Impossible Men People
How can a monarchy be a suitable thing, which allows a man to do as he pleases with none to hold him to account. And even if you were to take the best man on earth, and put him into a monarchy, you put outside him the thoughts that usually guide him.
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Himself Men Politics Rule

When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.

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