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A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.

Herodotus

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
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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Death Inspirational One Liner Suicide
Envy is so natural to human kind, that it cannot but arise.
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Character Envy Human Kind Nature
These ‘messengers’ will not be hindered from accomplishing at their best speed the distance which they have to go, either by snow, or rain, or heat, or by the darkness of night.
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Accomplishment Best Distance Night Rain
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
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
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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Action Deep Life Passion Philosophy Risk Time
My men have become women, but the women men.
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Courage Men Women
The king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
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Greatness Human Kings Power
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
Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
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Goodness Slavery
Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
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Force Little Wisdom
Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
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Fortunate Happiness Men Rich
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
How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
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Better Envy
Force has no place where there is need of skill.
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Force Military Need Skill

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