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

Herodotus

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
In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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Death Father Peace 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
The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
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Ourselves Shine War
Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.
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Honor Love Possession Shady
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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Forever History Time
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
Let there be nothing untried; for nothing happens by itself, but men obtain all things by trying.
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Inspirational Learning Men Philosophy Trying
All men’s gains are the fruit of venturing.
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Business Inspirational Men Result
If you have two loaves of bread, keep one to nourish the body, but sell the other to buy hyacinths for the soul.
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Body Food Health Soul
The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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God Greatness Love
If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.
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Fun Himself Men relief Serious
As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
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Beginning End Together
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
The king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
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Greatness Human Kings Power
Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
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Friendship Material Value

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