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

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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
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
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
Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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Character Clothes Modesty Remember
Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.
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Falsehood Lying
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
It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
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God Greatness Lows
Envy is so natural to human kind, that it cannot but arise.
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Character Envy Human Kind Nature
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
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
We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
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Convinced Nature See
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
A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
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Goodness Kings Oneself Rule
Historia (Inquiry); so that the actions of of people will not fade with time.
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Action End Fade Life People Time
God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
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God Himself Suffering
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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