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Chances rule men and not men chances.

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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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Dream Incident Rise
Call no man happy before he dies.
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Death Happiness Himself Men
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
The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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Fortune Hate Human Men Wisdom
The most hateful grief of all human griefs is to have knowledge of a truth, but no power over the event.
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Destiny Event Grief Knowledge Truth
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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Death Inspirational One Liner Suicide
The worst pain a man can have is to know much and be impotent to act.
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Act Knowledge Men Pain Worst
Adversity has the effect of drawing out strength and qualities of a man that would have laid dormant in its absence.
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Absence Adversity Drawing Mad Men Strength
History is marked by alternating movements across the imaginary line that separates East from West in Eurasia.
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History Imagination Movement War
It is better to be envied than pitied.
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Better Envy One Liner
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
Historia (Inquiry); so that the actions of of people will not fade with time.
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Action End Fade Life People Time
Great things are won by great dangers.
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Danger Greatness Inspirational One Liner
God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
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God Himself Suffering
My men have become women, but the women men.
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Courage Men Women
Chances rule men and not men chances.
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Chance Men Rule

Chances rule men and not men chances.

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