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The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.

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Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.
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Divine God Impossible Men People
The king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
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Greatness Human Kings Power
God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
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God Himself Suffering
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
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 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
Haste in every business brings failures.
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Business Failure Haste
I never yet feared those men who set a place apart in the middle of their cities where they gather to cheat one another and swear oaths which they break.
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Break Cheating Fear Men Place
Great things are won by great dangers.
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Danger Greatness Inspirational One Liner
Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
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Change Men Resistance
Far better it is to have a stout heart always and suffer one’s share of evils, than to be ever fearing what may happen.
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Evil Fear Heart Suffering
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
In soft regions are born soft men.
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Born Life 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
Force has no place where there is need of skill.
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Force Military Need Skill
He is the best man who, when making his plans, fears and reflects on everything that can happen to him, but in the moment of action is bold.
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Action Bold Men Moments Planning

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