Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
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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A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
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Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
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God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
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The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.
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Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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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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But if you know that you are a man too, and that even such are those that rule, learn this first of all: that all human affairs are a wheel which, as it turns, does not allow the same men always to be fortunate.
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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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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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If you have two loaves of bread, keep one to nourish the body, but sell the other to buy hyacinths for the soul.
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Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.
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Haste in every business brings failures.
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Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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The king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
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