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Haste in every business brings failures.

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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
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
Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
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Friendship Material Value
Haste in every business brings failures.
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Business Failure Haste
Force has no place where there is need of skill.
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Force Military Need Skill
As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
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Beginning End Together
Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.
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Divine God Impossible Men People
Historia (Inquiry); so that the actions of of people will not fade with time.
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Action End Fade Life People Time
Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.
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Death Happy Men
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 multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
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Goodness Kings Oneself Rule
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
The secret of success is that it is not the absence of failure, but the absence of envy.
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Absence Envy Failure Secret Success
There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
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Foolish Outrage Useless War
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
When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.
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Death Life Refuge

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