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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.

Herodotus

It is better to be envied than pitied.
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Better Envy One Liner
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
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 one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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Inspirational Possible 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
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
Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
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Force Little Wisdom
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
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
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
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
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
How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
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Better Envy
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
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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Death Inspirational One Liner Suicide
The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
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Ourselves Shine War

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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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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