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Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.

Herodotus

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
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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Death Inspirational One Liner Suicide
Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
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Force has no place where there is need of skill.
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Force Military Need Skill
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
All men’s gains are the fruit of venturing.
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Business Inspirational Men Result
We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
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Convinced Nature See
All of life is action and passion, and not to be involved in the actions and passions of your time is to risk having not really lived at all.
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Action Deep Life Passion Philosophy Risk Time
If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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Inspirational Possible Time
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
God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
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God Himself Suffering
The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.
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Alone Ships Wall
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
These ‘messengers’ will not be hindered from accomplishing at their best speed the distance which they have to go, either by snow, or rain, or heat, or by the darkness of night.
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Accomplishment Best Distance Night Rain
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
Haste in every business brings failures.
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