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Force has no place where there is need of skill.

Herodotus

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
The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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God Greatness Love
The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
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Ears Eye Trust
Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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Character Clothes Modesty Remember
If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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Inspirational Possible 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
The king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
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Greatness Human Kings Power
Let there be nothing untried; for nothing happens by itself, but men obtain all things by trying.
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Inspirational Learning Men Philosophy Trying
Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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Eyes Man Music Trust
Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
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Change Men Resistance
It [Egypt] has more wonders in it than any other country in the world and provides more works that defy description than any otherplace.
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Country Egypt World
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
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
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
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.
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Beginning End Together

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