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

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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
Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.
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Honor Love Possession Shady
Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
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Force Little Wisdom
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
The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
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Ourselves Shine War
The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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God Greatness Love
Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.
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Falsehood Lying
A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
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Goodness Kings Oneself Rule
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
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
As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning. It’s impossible for someone who is human to have all good things together, just as there is no single country able to provide all good things for itself.
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Country Goodness Human Philosophy Togetherness
In soft regions are born soft men.
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Born Life Men
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
God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
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God Himself Suffering
All of life is action and passion, and not to be involved in the actions and passions of your time is to risk having not really lived at all.
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Action Deep Life Passion Philosophy Risk Time
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
Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
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Goodness Slavery
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
Happiness is not fame or riches or heroic virtues, but a state that will inspire posterity to think in reflecting upon our life, that it was the life they would wish to live.
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Happiness Inspirational Life Live Reflection Thinking
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
The trials of living and the pangs of disease make even the short span of life too long.
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Disease Live Long Time Trials
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
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
If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.
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Fun Himself Men relief Serious
The Colchians, Ethiopians and Egyptians have thick lips, broad nose, woolly hair and they are burnt of skin.
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Appearance Hairs Skin
Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
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Friendship Material Value
History is marked by alternating movements across the imaginary line that separates East from West in Eurasia.
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History Imagination Movement War

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

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