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Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.

Herodotus

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
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
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
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
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
God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
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God Himself Suffering
I know that human happiness never remains long in the same place.
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Happiness Human Philosophy Remain
Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.
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Honor Love Possession Shady
Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.
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Falsehood Lying
Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.
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Divine God Impossible Men People
Haste in every business brings failures.
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Business Failure Haste
A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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Naked Respect Women
If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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Inspirational Possible Time
The most hateful grief of all human griefs is to have knowledge of a truth, but no power over the event.
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Destiny Event Grief Knowledge Truth
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
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

Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.

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