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In soft regions are born soft men.

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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
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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Death Inspirational One Liner Suicide
Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
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Goodness Slavery
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
In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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Death Father Peace War
A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
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Goodness Kings Oneself Rule
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
My men have become women, but the women men.
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Courage Men Women
Call no man happy before he dies.
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Death Happiness Himself Men
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
When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.
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Death Life Refuge
Chances rule men and not men chances.
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Chance Men Rule
A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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Naked Respect Women
Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.
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Death Happy Men
Haste in every business brings failures.
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Business Failure Haste
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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Enjoyment Favour God Reason Success

In soft regions are born soft men.

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