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

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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
The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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God Greatness Love
Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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Character Clothes Modesty Remember
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
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
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
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
Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
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Friendship Material Value
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
A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
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Goodness Kings Oneself Rule
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
One should always look to the end of everything, how it will finally come out. For the god has shown blessedness to many only to overturn them utterly in the end.
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Belief Blessing End God Hope Oneself
As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
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Beginning End Together
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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Death Inspirational One Liner Suicide
In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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Death Father Peace War
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

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

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