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History is marked by alternating movements across the imaginary line that separates East from West in Eurasia.

Herodotus

It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
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God Greatness Lows
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 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
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
Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.
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Falsehood Lying
Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
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Fortunate Happiness Men Rich
Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
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Change Men Resistance
The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.
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Alone Ships Wall
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
Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
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Chance Circumstances Men Philosophy
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
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
If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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Inspirational Possible Time
As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
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Beginning End Together
Far better it is to have a stout heart always and suffer one’s share of evils, than to be ever fearing what may happen.
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Evil Fear Heart Suffering
Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
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Force Little Wisdom

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