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I know that human happiness never remains long in the same place.

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In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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Death Father Peace War
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
Force has no place where there is need of skill.
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Force Military Need Skill
Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
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Force Little Wisdom
But I like not these great successes of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.
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God Greatness Jealous Success
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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Destiny Event Grief Knowledge Truth
Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.
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Falsehood Lying
Great things are won by great dangers.
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Danger Greatness Inspirational One Liner
A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
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Goodness Kings Oneself Rule
Happiness is not fame or riches or heroic virtues, but a state that will inspire posterity to think in reflecting upon our life, that it was the life they would wish to live.
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Happiness Inspirational Life Live Reflection Thinking
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
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
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
One should always look to the end of everything, how it will finally come out. For the god has shown blessedness to many only to overturn them utterly in the end.
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Belief Blessing End God Hope Oneself
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
I never yet feared those men who set a place apart in the middle of their cities where they gather to cheat one another and swear oaths which they break.
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Break Cheating Fear Men Place

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