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

Herodotus

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
The most hateful grief of all human griefs is to have knowledge of a truth, but no power over the event.
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Destiny Event Grief Knowledge Truth
Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.
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Divine God Impossible Men People
One should always look to the end of everything, how it will finally come out. For the god has shown blessedness to many only to overturn them utterly in the end.
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Belief Blessing End God Hope Oneself
Great things are won by great dangers.
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Danger Greatness Inspirational One Liner
Adversity has the effect of drawing out strength and qualities of a man that would have laid dormant in its absence.
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Absence Adversity Drawing Mad Men Strength
How can a monarchy be a suitable thing, which allows a man to do as he pleases with none to hold him to account. And even if you were to take the best man on earth, and put him into a monarchy, you put outside him the thoughts that usually guide him.
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Himself Men Politics Rule
A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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Naked Respect Women
But I like not these great successes of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.
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God Greatness Jealous Success
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
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
When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.
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Death Life Refuge
Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.
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Death Happy Men
The Colchians, Ethiopians and Egyptians have thick lips, broad nose, woolly hair and they are burnt of skin.
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Appearance Hairs Skin
The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.
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Alone Ships Wall
History is marked by alternating movements across the imaginary line that separates East from West in Eurasia.
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History Imagination Movement War
My men have become women, but the women men.
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Courage Men Women
It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
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God Greatness Lows
Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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Eyes Man Music Trust
Chances rule men and not men chances.
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Chance Men Rule
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
Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
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Change Men Resistance
It is sound planning that invariably earns us the outcome we want; without it, even the gods are unlikely to look with favour on our designs.
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Design Effort Favour Outcomes Result
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
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
The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
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Ourselves Shine War
Let there be nothing untried; for nothing happens by itself, but men obtain all things by trying.
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Inspirational Learning Men Philosophy Trying

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

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