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

Herodotus

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
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
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
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
Let there be nothing untried; for nothing happens by itself, but men obtain all things by trying.
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Inspirational Learning Men Philosophy Trying
When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.
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Death Life Refuge
The period of a [Persian] boy’s education is between the ages of five and twenty, and he is taught three things only: to ride, to use the bow, and to speak the truth.
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Age Chilren Education
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
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
How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
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Better Envy
Envy is so natural to human kind, that it cannot but arise.
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Character Envy Human Kind Nature
A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
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Goodness Kings Oneself Rule
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
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
Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.
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Falsehood Lying
Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
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Force Little Wisdom

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