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But if you know that you are a man too, and that even such are those that rule, learn this first of all: that all human affairs are a wheel which, as it turns, does not allow the same men always to be fortunate.

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There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
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Foolish Outrage Useless War
We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
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Convinced Nature See
My men have become women, but the women men.
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Courage Men Women
Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
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Fortunate Happiness Men Rich
Historia (Inquiry); so that the actions of of people will not fade with time.
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Action End Fade Life People Time
Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
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Goodness Slavery
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
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
Call no man happy before he dies.
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Death Happiness Himself Men
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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Fun Himself Men relief Serious
But if you know that you are a man too, and that even such are those that rule, learn this first of all: that all human affairs are a wheel which, as it turns, does not allow the same men always to be fortunate.
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Change Fortunate Human Men Rule
Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.
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Divine God Impossible Men People
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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Death Inspirational One Liner Suicide
Chances rule men and not men chances.
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Chance Men Rule
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
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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When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.
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Death Life Refuge
All men’s gains are the fruit of venturing.
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Business Inspirational Men Result
The period of a [Persian] boy’s education is between the ages of five and twenty, and he is taught three things only: to ride, to use the bow, and to speak the truth.
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Age Chilren Education
The king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
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Greatness Human Kings Power
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
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
The man who has planned badly, if fortune is on his side, may have had a stroke of luck; but his plan was a bad one nonetheless.
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Fortune Luck Men Side
The secret of success is that it is not the absence of failure, but the absence of envy.
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Absence Envy Failure Secret Success
I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it.
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Believe Bound Cases Myself
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 sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
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Ourselves Shine War

But if you know that you are a man too, and that even such are those that rule, learn this first of all: that all human affairs are a wheel which, as it turns, does not allow the same men always to be fortunate.

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But if you know that you are a man too, and that even such are those that rule, learn this first of all: that all human affairs are a wheel which, as it turns, does not allow the same men always to be fortunate.

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