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The king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.

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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
Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.
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Death Happy 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 Inspirational Life Live Reflection Thinking
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
Historia (Inquiry); so that the actions of of people will not fade with time.
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Action End Fade Life People Time
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
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
We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
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Convinced Nature See
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
A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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Naked Respect Women
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
The worst pain a man can have is to know much and be impotent to act.
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Act Knowledge Men Pain Worst
It is better to be envied than pitied.
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Better Envy One Liner
The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
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Ears Eye Trust
The worst part a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing.
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Men Philosophy Power Suffering Worst
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

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