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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 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
In soft regions are born soft men.
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Born Life Men
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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Death Inspirational One Liner Suicide
All men’s gains are the fruit of venturing.
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Business Inspirational Men Result
Adversity has the effect of drawing out strength and qualities of a man that would have laid dormant in its absence.
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Absence Adversity Drawing Mad Men Strength
A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
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Goodness Kings Oneself Rule
Haste in every business brings failures.
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Business Failure Haste
We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
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Convinced Nature See
But this I know: if all mankind were to take their troubles to market with the idea of exchanging them, anyone seeing what his neighbor’s troubles were like would be glad to go home with his own.
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Deep Happiness Home Ideas Philosophy
Chances rule men and not men chances.
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Chance Men Rule
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
Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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Eyes Man Music Trust
I know that human happiness never remains long in the same place.
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Happiness Human Philosophy Remain
When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.
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Death Life Refuge
The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
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Ears Eye Trust
The king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
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Greatness Human Kings Power
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
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
But I like not these great successes of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.
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God Greatness Jealous Success
The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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Fortune Hate Human Men Wisdom
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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Fortune Luck Men Side
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
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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Born Country Hero Law Men Nature
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
The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.
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Alone Ships Wall
Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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Character Clothes Modesty Remember
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

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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