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The secret of success is that it is not the absence of failure, but the absence of envy.

Herodotus

Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
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Chance Circumstances Men Philosophy
Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
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Fortunate Happiness Men Rich
My men have become women, but the women men.
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Courage Men Women
Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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Eyes Man Music Trust
The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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God Greatness Love
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
The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
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Ears Eye Trust
But I like not these great successes of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.
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God Greatness Jealous Success
In soft regions are born soft men.
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Born Life Men
Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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Character Clothes Modesty Remember
As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning. It’s impossible for someone who is human to have all good things together, just as there is no single country able to provide all good things for itself.
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Country Goodness Human Philosophy Togetherness
How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
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Better Envy
Call no man happy before he dies.
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Death Happiness Himself Men
A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
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Goodness Kings Oneself Rule
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 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

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