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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

The worst pain a man can have is to know much and be impotent to act.
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Act Knowledge Men Pain Worst
The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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Fortune Hate Human Men Wisdom
Dreams in general take their rise from those incidents which have most occupied the thoughts during the day.
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Dream Incident Rise
I know that human happiness never remains long in the same place.
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Happiness Human Philosophy Remain
Call no man happy before he dies.
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Death Happiness Himself Men
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
The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
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Ourselves Shine War
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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Battle Fight Memories
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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Alone Equality Freedom Goodness Talk
Force has no place where there is need of skill.
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Force Military Need Skill
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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Bidding Choice Men Nation World
We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
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Convinced Nature See
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
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
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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Action Bold Men Moments Planning
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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Body Food Health Soul

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