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The Colchians, Ethiopians and Egyptians have thick lips, broad nose, woolly hair and they are burnt of skin.

Herodotus

Those who are guided by reason are generally successful in their plans; those who are rash and precipitate seldom enjoy the favour of the gods.
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Enjoyment Favour God Reason Success
Great things are won by great dangers.
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Danger Greatness Inspirational One Liner
God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
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God Himself Suffering
It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing.
HERODOTUS

Alone Equality Freedom Goodness Talk
A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
HERODOTUS

Goodness Kings Oneself Rule
The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
HERODOTUS

Ears Eye Trust
The worst pain a man can have is to know much and be impotent to act.
HERODOTUS

Act Knowledge Men Pain Worst
Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
HERODOTUS

Fortunate Happiness Men Rich
The period of a [Persian] boy’s education is between the ages of five and twenty, and he is taught three things only: to ride, to use the bow, and to speak the truth.
HERODOTUS

Age Chilren Education
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
A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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Naked Respect Women
Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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Character Clothes Modesty Remember
It is better to be envied than pitied.
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Better Envy One Liner
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
The secret of success is that it is not the absence of failure, but the absence of envy.
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Absence Envy Failure Secret Success
The king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
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Greatness Human Kings Power

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