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

Herodotus

The king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
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Greatness Human Kings Power
The most hateful grief of all human griefs is to have knowledge of a truth, but no power over the event.
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Destiny Event Grief Knowledge Truth
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
It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing.
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Alone Equality Freedom Goodness Talk
How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
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Better Envy
As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
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Beginning End Together
The Colchians, Ethiopians and Egyptians have thick lips, broad nose, woolly hair and they are burnt of skin.
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Appearance Hairs Skin
Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
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Goodness Slavery
History is marked by alternating movements across the imaginary line that separates East from West in Eurasia.
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History Imagination Movement War
Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
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Force Little Wisdom
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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Death Inspirational One Liner Suicide
Envy is so natural to human kind, that it cannot but arise.
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Character Envy Human Kind Nature
We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
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Convinced Nature See
Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.
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Effort Evil Philosophy War
Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.
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Divine God Impossible Men People
The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.
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Alone Ships Wall
My men have become women, but the women men.
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Courage Men Women
The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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God Greatness Love
Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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Eyes Man Music Trust
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
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
A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
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Goodness Kings Oneself Rule
All men’s gains are the fruit of venturing.
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Business Inspirational Men Result
Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.
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Forever History Time
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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Design Give Up Goal Happiness Inspirational Moments
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 worst pain a man can have is to know much and be impotent to act.
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Act Knowledge Men Pain Worst

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