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But I like not these great successes of yours; for I know how jealous are 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
Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
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Force Little Wisdom
Happiness is not fame or riches or heroic virtues, but a state that will inspire posterity to think in reflecting upon our life, that it was the life they would wish to live.
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Happiness Inspirational Life Live Reflection Thinking
The worst pain a man can have is to know much and be impotent to act.
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Act Knowledge Men Pain Worst
Call no man happy before he dies.
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Death Happiness Himself Men
Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.
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Divine God Impossible Men People
In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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Death Father Peace War
Historia (Inquiry); so that the actions of of people will not fade with time.
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Action End Fade Life People Time
Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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Character Clothes Modesty Remember
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
The worst part a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing.
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Men Philosophy Power Suffering Worst
It is sound planning that invariably earns us the outcome we want; without it, even the gods are unlikely to look with favour on our designs.
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Design Effort Favour Outcomes Result
We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
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Convinced Nature See
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
Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.
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Honor Love Possession Shady
All of life is action and passion, and not to be involved in the actions and passions of your time is to risk having not really lived at all.
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Action Deep Life Passion Philosophy Risk Time

But I like not these great successes of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.

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