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The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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Fortune Hate Human Men Wisdom
A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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Naked Respect Women
Force has no place where there is need of skill.
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Force Military Need Skill
Call no man happy before he dies.
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Death Happiness Himself Men
It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing.
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Alone Equality Freedom Goodness Talk
Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.
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Effort Evil Philosophy War
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
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 ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
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Ears Eye Trust
When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.
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Death Life Refuge
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
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
Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.
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Divine God Impossible Men People
In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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Death Father Peace War
But if you know that you are a man too, and that even such are those that rule, learn this first of all: that all human affairs are a wheel which, as it turns, does not allow the same men always to be fortunate.
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Change Fortunate Human Men Rule
Chances rule men and not men chances.
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