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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.

Herodotus

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The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.
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The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
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Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.
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A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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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 worst pain a man can have is to know much and be impotent to act.
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It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing.
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I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it.
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The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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