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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.

Herodotus

Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
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Friendship Material Value
Call no man happy before he dies.
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Death Happiness Himself Men
Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.
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Falsehood Lying
How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
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Better Envy
My men have become women, but the women men.
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Courage Men Women
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
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 worst part a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing.
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Men Philosophy Power Suffering Worst
Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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Eyes Man Music Trust
The trials of living and the pangs of disease make even the short span of life too long.
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Disease Live Long Time Trials
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
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
The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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God Greatness Love
Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
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Fortunate Happiness Men Rich
All of life is action and passion, and not to be involved in the actions and passions of your time is to risk having not really lived at all.
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Action Deep Life Passion Philosophy Risk Time
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

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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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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