How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
HERODOTUSAll men’s gains are the fruit of venturing.
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If someone were to put a proposition before men bidding them choose, after examination, the best customs in the world, each nation would certainly select its own
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A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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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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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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If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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Chances rule men and not men chances.
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It is better to be envied than pitied.
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I never yet feared those men who set a place apart in the middle of their cities where they gather to cheat one another and swear oaths which they break.
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The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
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Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
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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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Call no man happy before he dies.
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Great things are won by great dangers.
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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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