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Envy is so natural to human kind, that it cannot but arise.

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In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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Death Father Peace War
Great things are won by great dangers.
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Danger Greatness Inspirational One Liner
Happiness is not fame or riches or heroic virtues, but a state that will inspire posterity to think in reflecting upon our life, that it was the life they would wish to live.
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Happiness Inspirational Life Live Reflection Thinking
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
All men’s gains are the fruit of venturing.
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Business Inspirational Men Result
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
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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Design Give Up Goal Happiness Inspirational Moments
The man who has planned badly, if fortune is on his side, may have had a stroke of luck; but his plan was a bad one nonetheless.
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Fortune Luck Men Side
Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.
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Death Happy Men
As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning. It’s impossible for someone who is human to have all good things together, just as there is no single country able to provide all good things for itself.
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Country Goodness Human Philosophy Togetherness
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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Fun Himself Men relief Serious
The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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Fortune Hate Human Men Wisdom
If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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Inspirational Possible Time
Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.
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Honor Love Possession Shady
The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
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Ourselves Shine War
When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.
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Death Life Refuge

Envy is so natural to human kind, that it cannot but arise.

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