Adversity has the effect of drawing out strength and qualities of a man that would have laid dormant in its absence.
HERODOTUSSome give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.
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I know that human happiness never remains long in the same place.
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Let there be nothing untried; for nothing happens by itself, but men obtain all things by trying.
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In soft regions are born soft men.
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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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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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As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
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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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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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A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
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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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History is marked by alternating movements across the imaginary line that separates East from West in Eurasia.
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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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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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There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
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Envy is so natural to human kind, that it cannot but arise.
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