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History is marked by alternating movements across the imaginary line that separates East from West in Eurasia.
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History Imagination Movement War
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
In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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Death Father Peace War
We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
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Convinced Nature See
Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
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Chance Circumstances Men Philosophy
All men’s gains are the fruit of venturing.
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Business Inspirational Men Result
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
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
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
The man who has planned badly, if fortune is on his side, may have had a stroke of luck; but his plan was a bad one nonetheless.
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Fortune Luck Men Side
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
It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
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God Greatness Lows
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
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
My men have become women, but the women men.
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Courage Men Women
Great things are won by great dangers.
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Danger Greatness Inspirational One Liner
Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.
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Honor Love Possession Shady
I never yet feared those men who set a place apart in the middle of their cities where they gather to cheat one another and swear oaths which they break.
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Break Cheating Fear Men Place
Haste in every business brings failures.
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Business Failure Haste
Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
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Goodness Slavery
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
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
How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
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Better Envy
Far better it is to have a stout heart always and suffer one’s share of evils, than to be ever fearing what may happen.
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Evil Fear Heart Suffering
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
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
A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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Naked Respect Women

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