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In soft regions are born soft men.
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Born Life Men
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
There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
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Foolish Outrage Useless War
Adversity has the effect of drawing out strength and qualities of a man that would have laid dormant in its absence.
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Absence Adversity Drawing Mad Men Strength
In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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Death Father Peace War
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 worst pain a man can have is to know much and be impotent to act.
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Act Knowledge Men Pain Worst
Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
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Goodness Slavery
My men have become women, but the women men.
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Courage Men Women
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 period of a [Persian] boy’s education is between the ages of five and twenty, and he is taught three things only: to ride, to use the bow, and to speak the truth.
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Age Chilren Education
But this I know: if all mankind were to take their troubles to market with the idea of exchanging them, anyone seeing what his neighbor’s troubles were like would be glad to go home with his own.
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Deep Happiness Home Ideas Philosophy
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
The secret of success is that it is not the absence of failure, but the absence of envy.
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Absence Envy Failure Secret Success
The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
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Ourselves Shine War
A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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Naked Respect Women

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