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

Herodotus

In soft regions are born soft men.
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Born Life Men
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
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
It is better to be envied than pitied.
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Better Envy One Liner
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
Call no man happy before he dies.
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Death Happiness Himself Men
The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
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Ears Eye Trust
If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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Inspirational Possible Time
A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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Naked Respect Women
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
Envy is so natural to human kind, that it cannot but arise.
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Character Envy Human Kind Nature
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
There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
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Foolish Outrage Useless War
The worst part a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing.
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Men Philosophy Power Suffering Worst
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
The secret of success is that it is not the absence of failure, but the absence of envy.
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Absence Envy Failure Secret Success

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