Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.
HERODOTUSThe sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
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When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.
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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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Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.
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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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Force has no place where there is need of skill.
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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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Historia (Inquiry); so that the actions of of people will not fade with time.
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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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We have two useless gods who never leave our island, but like to dwell in it constantly, Poverty and Helplessness.
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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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The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
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Call no man happy before he dies.
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Great things are won by great dangers.
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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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