The worst pain a man can have is to know much and be impotent to act.
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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We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
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God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
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Some 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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Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
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Haste in every business brings failures.
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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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Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.
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Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
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Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
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The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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Envy is so natural to human kind, that it cannot but arise.
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I know that human happiness never remains long in the same place.
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The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.
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If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.
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The trials of living and the pangs of disease make even the short span of life too long.
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