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.
HERODOTUSHappiness 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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In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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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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Great things are won by great dangers.
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How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
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Dreams in general take their rise from those incidents which have most occupied the thoughts during the day.
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It is a law of nature that fainthearted men should be the fruit of luxurious countries, for we never find that the same soil produces delicacies and heroes.
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The man of affluence is not in fact more happy than the possessor of a bare competency, unless, in addition to his wealth, the end of his life be fortunate. We often see misery dwelling in the midst of splendour, whilst real happiness is found in humbler stations.
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I never yet feared those men who set a place apart in the middle of their cities where they gather to cheat one another and swear oaths which they break.
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Call no man happy before he dies.
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All men’s gains are the fruit of venturing.
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A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
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The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it.
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The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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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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