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

Herodotus

Envy is so natural to human kind, that it cannot but arise.
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Character Envy Human Kind Nature
My men have become women, but the women men.
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Courage Men Women
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
These ‘messengers’ will not be hindered from accomplishing at their best speed the distance which they have to go, either by snow, or rain, or heat, or by the darkness of night.
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Accomplishment Best Distance Night Rain
Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
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Goodness Slavery
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
Historia (Inquiry); so that the actions of of people will not fade with time.
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Action End Fade Life People Time
Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.
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Forever History Time
In soft regions are born soft men.
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Born Life Men
Call no man happy before he dies.
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Death Happiness Himself Men
Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.
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Falsehood Lying
Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.
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Divine God Impossible Men People
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
As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
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Beginning End Together
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
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

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