As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
HERODOTUSAll men’s gains are the fruit of venturing.
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Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
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Dreams in general take their rise from those incidents which have most occupied the thoughts during the day.
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The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
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How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
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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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Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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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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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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History is marked by alternating movements across the imaginary line that separates East from West in Eurasia.
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Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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It is a law of nature that fainthearted men should be the fruit of luxurious countries, for we never find that the same soil produces delicacies and heroes.
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Some give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.
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We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
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It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
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The worst part a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing.
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