The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
HERODOTUSThe secret of success is that it is not the absence of failure, but the absence of envy.
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A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
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But if you know that you are a man too, and that even such are those that rule, learn this first of all: that all human affairs are a wheel which, as it turns, does not allow the same men always to be fortunate.
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The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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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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Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
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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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As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
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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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The man who has planned badly, if fortune is on his side, may have had a stroke of luck; but his plan was a bad one nonetheless.
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Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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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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Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
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Haste in every business brings failures.
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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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God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
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