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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.

Herodotus

The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
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Ourselves Shine War
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
I know that human happiness never remains long in the same place.
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Happiness Human Philosophy Remain
He is the best man who, when making his plans, fears and reflects on everything that can happen to him, but in the moment of action is bold.
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Action Bold Men Moments Planning
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
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
We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
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Convinced Nature See
It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
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God Greatness Lows
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
It is better to be envied than pitied.
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Better Envy One Liner
In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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Death Father Peace War
There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
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Foolish Outrage Useless War
Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.
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Honor Love Possession Shady
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
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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Death Inspirational One Liner Suicide
Call no man happy before he dies.
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Death Happiness Himself Men

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 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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