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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

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
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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Body Food Health Soul
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
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
If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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Inspirational Possible Time
It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
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God Greatness Lows
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
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
Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
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Friendship Material Value
The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
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Ears Eye Trust
Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.
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Effort Evil Philosophy War
Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
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Fortunate Happiness Men Rich
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
Great things are won by great dangers.
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Danger Greatness Inspirational One Liner
Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.
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Divine God Impossible Men People
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

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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