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Great things are won by great dangers.

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
How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
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Better Envy
Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
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Force Little Wisdom
Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
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Friendship Material Value
Haste in every business brings failures.
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Business Failure Haste
As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning. It’s impossible for someone who is human to have all good things together, just as there is no single country able to provide all good things for itself.
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Country Goodness Human Philosophy Togetherness
Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
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Goodness Slavery
Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.
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Honor Love Possession Shady
Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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Eyes Man Music Trust
Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
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Chance Circumstances Men Philosophy
Call no man happy before he dies.
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Death Happiness Himself Men
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
Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.
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Effort Evil Philosophy War
The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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God Greatness Love
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
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

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