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I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it.

Herodotus

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
I know that human happiness never remains long in the same place.
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Happiness Human Philosophy Remain
Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
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Goodness Slavery
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
Unless a variety of opinions are laid before us, we have no opportunity of selection, but are bound of necessity to adopt the particular view which may have been brought forward.
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Decision Necessary Opinion Opportunity View
Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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Eyes Man Music Trust
Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
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Fortunate Happiness Men Rich
The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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Fortune Hate Human Men Wisdom
The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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God Greatness Love
Call no man happy before he dies.
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Death Happiness Himself Men
How can a monarchy be a suitable thing, which allows a man to do as he pleases with none to hold him to account. And even if you were to take the best man on earth, and put him into a monarchy, you put outside him the thoughts that usually guide him.
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Himself Men Politics Rule
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
Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
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Force Little Wisdom
We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
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Convinced Nature See
Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.
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Falsehood Lying
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

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