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Call no man happy before he dies.

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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
Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.
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Death Happy Men
Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
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Friendship Material Value
Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.
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Effort Evil Philosophy War
Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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Character Clothes Modesty Remember
All men’s gains are the fruit of venturing.
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Business Inspirational Men Result
As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning. It’s impossible for someone who is human to have all good things together, just as there is no single country able to provide all good things for itself.
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Country Goodness Human Philosophy Togetherness
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
The trials of living and the pangs of disease make even the short span of life too long.
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Disease Live Long Time Trials
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
A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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Naked Respect Women
My men have become women, but the women men.
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Courage Men Women
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
Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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Eyes Man Music Trust
It is a law of nature that fainthearted men should be the fruit of luxurious countries, for we never find that the same soil produces delicacies and heroes.
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Born Country Hero Law Men Nature
Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.
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Falsehood Lying

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