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

Herodotus

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
The king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
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Greatness Human Kings Power
Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
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Goodness Slavery
We have two useless gods who never leave our island, but like to dwell in it constantly, Poverty and Helplessness.
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God Help Islands Poor
It [Egypt] has more wonders in it than any other country in the world and provides more works that defy description than any otherplace.
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Country Egypt World
One should always look to the end of everything, how it will finally come out. For the god has shown blessedness to many only to overturn them utterly in the end.
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Belief Blessing End God Hope Oneself
Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
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Force Little Wisdom
The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
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Ears Eye Trust
Historia (Inquiry); so that the actions of of people will not fade with time.
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Action End Fade Life People Time
We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
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Convinced Nature See
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
If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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Inspirational Possible Time
Unless a variety of opinions are laid before us, we have no opportunity of selection, but are bound of necessity to adopt the particular view which may have been brought forward.
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Decision Necessary Opinion Opportunity View
As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
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Beginning End Together
The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
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Ourselves Shine War
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

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