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Great things are won by great dangers.

Herodotus

Those who are guided by reason are generally successful in their plans; those who are rash and precipitate seldom enjoy the favour of the gods.
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Enjoyment Favour God Reason Success
Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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Character Clothes Modesty Remember
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
God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
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God Himself Suffering
Force has no place where there is need of skill.
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Force Military Need Skill
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
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
The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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God Greatness Love
The man of affluence is not in fact more happy than the possessor of a bare competency, unless, in addition to his wealth, the end of his life be fortunate. We often see misery dwelling in the midst of splendour, whilst real happiness is found in humbler stations.
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Happiness Humble Life Reality
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
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
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
Chances rule men and not men chances.
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Chance Men Rule
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
It [Egypt] has more wonders in it than any other country in the world and provides more works that defy description than any otherplace.
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Country Egypt World
Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.
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Death Happy Men

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