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All men’s gains are the fruit of venturing.

Herodotus

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
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
Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
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Chance Circumstances Men Philosophy
But this I know: if all mankind were to take their troubles to market with the idea of exchanging them, anyone seeing what his neighbor’s troubles were like would be glad to go home with his own.
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Deep Happiness Home Ideas Philosophy
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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Belief Blessing End God Hope Oneself
God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
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God Himself Suffering
When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.
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Death Life Refuge
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
It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
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God Greatness Lows
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 most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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Fortune Hate Human Men Wisdom
Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
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Friendship Material Value
Great things are won by great dangers.
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Danger Greatness Inspirational One Liner
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
All men’s gains are the fruit of venturing.
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Business Inspirational Men Result
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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