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Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.

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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
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
Envy is so natural to human kind, that it cannot but arise.
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Character Envy Human Kind Nature
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
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
Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.
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Falsehood Lying
The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
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Ourselves Shine War
The secret of success is that it is not the absence of failure, but the absence of envy.
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Absence Envy Failure Secret Success
Haste in every business brings failures.
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Business Failure Haste
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
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
The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.
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Alone Ships Wall
But I like not these great successes of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.
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God Greatness Jealous Success
Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.
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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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Bidding Choice Men Nation World
It [Egypt] has more wonders in it than any other country in the world and provides more works that defy description than any otherplace.
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Country Egypt World

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