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Those who are guided by reason are generally successful in their plans; those who are rash and precipitate seldom enjoy the favour of the gods.

Herodotus

A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
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Goodness Kings Oneself Rule
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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Evil Fear Heart Suffering
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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Death Inspirational One Liner Suicide
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
A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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Naked Respect Women
The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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God Greatness Love
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
The king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
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Greatness Human Kings Power
The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
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Ears Eye Trust
Force has no place where there is need of skill.
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Force Military Need Skill
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
The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
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Ourselves Shine War
But this I know: if all mankind were to take their troubles to market with the idea of exchanging them, anyone seeing what his neighbor’s troubles were like would be glad to go home with his own.
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Deep Happiness Home Ideas Philosophy
My men have become women, but the women men.
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Courage Men Women
In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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Death Father Peace War
Chances rule men and not men chances.
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Chance Men Rule

Those who are guided by reason are generally successful in their plans; those who are rash and precipitate seldom enjoy the favour of the gods.

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