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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.

Herodotus

Haste in every business brings failures.
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Business Failure Haste
Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.
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Falsehood Lying
The man of affluence is not in fact more happy than the possessor of a bare competency, unless, in addition to his wealth, the end of his life be fortunate. We often see misery dwelling in the midst of splendour, whilst real happiness is found in humbler stations.
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Happiness Humble Life Reality
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
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
We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
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Convinced Nature See
In soft regions are born soft men.
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Born Life Men
In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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Death Father Peace 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
If someone were to put a proposition before men bidding them choose, after examination, the best customs in the world, each nation would certainly select its own
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Bidding Choice Men Nation World
The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
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Ears Eye Trust
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
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
God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
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God Himself Suffering
It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
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God Greatness Lows
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

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