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

Herodotus

But if you know that you are a man too, and that even such are those that rule, learn this first of all: that all human affairs are a wheel which, as it turns, does not allow the same men always to be fortunate.
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Change Fortunate Human Men Rule
The Lacedaemonians fought a memorable battle; they made it quite clear that they were the experts, and that they were fighting against amateurs.
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Battle Fight Memories
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
All men’s gains are the fruit of venturing.
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Business Inspirational Men Result
It is a law of nature that fainthearted men should be the fruit of luxurious countries, for we never find that the same soil produces delicacies and heroes.
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Born Country Hero Law Men Nature
Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
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Fortunate Happiness Men Rich
It is better to be envied than pitied.
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Better Envy One Liner
It is sound planning that invariably earns us the outcome we want; without it, even the gods are unlikely to look with favour on our designs.
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Design Effort Favour Outcomes Result
There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
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Foolish Outrage Useless War
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
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
A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
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Goodness Kings Oneself Rule
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
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
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
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 ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
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Ears Eye Trust
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
Some give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.
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Design Give Up Goal Happiness Inspirational Moments
If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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Inspirational Possible Time
Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.
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Death Happy Men
A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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Naked Respect Women
The period of a [Persian] boy’s education is between the ages of five and twenty, and he is taught three things only: to ride, to use the bow, and to speak the truth.
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Age Chilren Education
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
Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.
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Divine God Impossible Men People
Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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Character Clothes Modesty Remember
Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.
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Effort Evil Philosophy War

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