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As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.

Herodotus

Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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Character Clothes Modesty Remember
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 trials of living and the pangs of disease make even the short span of life too long.
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Disease Live Long Time Trials
Chances rule men and not men chances.
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Chance Men Rule
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
If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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Inspirational Possible Time
Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.
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Divine God Impossible Men People
We have two useless gods who never leave our island, but like to dwell in it constantly, Poverty and Helplessness.
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God Help Islands Poor
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
History is marked by alternating movements across the imaginary line that separates East from West in Eurasia.
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History Imagination Movement War
Dreams in general take their rise from those incidents which have most occupied the thoughts during the day.
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Dream Incident Rise
Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.
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Honor Love Possession Shady
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
It is sound planning that invariably earns us the outcome we want; without it, even the gods are unlikely to look with favour on our designs.
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Design Effort Favour Outcomes Result
Call no man happy before he dies.
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Death Happiness Himself Men
Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
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Goodness Slavery

As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.

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