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All men’s gains are the fruit of venturing.

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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
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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Death Inspirational One Liner Suicide
The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
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Ears Eye Trust
God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
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God Himself Suffering
These ‘messengers’ will not be hindered from accomplishing at their best speed the distance which they have to go, either by snow, or rain, or heat, or by the darkness of night.
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Accomplishment Best Distance Night Rain
Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.
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Falsehood Lying
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
Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.
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Divine God Impossible Men People
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
Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
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Force Little Wisdom
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
If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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Inspirational Possible Time
The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
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Ourselves Shine War
I know that human happiness never remains long in the same place.
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Happiness Human Philosophy Remain
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
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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