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

Herodotus

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
The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
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Ourselves Shine War
It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
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God Greatness Lows
In soft regions are born soft men.
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Born Life Men
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
The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
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Ears Eye Trust
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
Unless a variety of opinions are laid before us, we have no opportunity of selection, but are bound of necessity to adopt the particular view which may have been brought forward.
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Decision Necessary Opinion Opportunity View
We have two useless gods who never leave our island, but like to dwell in it constantly, Poverty and Helplessness.
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God Help Islands Poor
Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.
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Divine God Impossible Men People
Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
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Goodness Slavery
Chances rule men and not men chances.
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Chance Men Rule
In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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Death Father Peace War
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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Change Fortunate Human Men Rule
There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
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Foolish Outrage Useless War
Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.
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Death Happy Men

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

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