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Call no man happy before he dies.

Herodotus

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 men’s gains are the fruit of venturing.
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Business Inspirational Men Result
Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.
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Divine God Impossible Men People
Let there be nothing untried; for nothing happens by itself, but men obtain all things by trying.
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Inspirational Learning Men Philosophy Trying
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
It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing.
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Alone Equality Freedom Goodness Talk
Adversity has the effect of drawing out strength and qualities of a man that would have laid dormant in its absence.
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Absence Adversity Drawing Mad Men Strength
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 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
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
History is marked by alternating movements across the imaginary line that separates East from West in Eurasia.
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History Imagination Movement War
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
Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
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Fortunate Happiness Men Rich
It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
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God Greatness Lows
It is better to be envied than pitied.
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Better Envy One Liner
The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
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