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Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.

Herodotus

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
When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.
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Death Life Refuge
Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
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Friendship Material Value
A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
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Goodness Kings Oneself Rule
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
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
How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
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Better Envy
It [Egypt] has more wonders in it than any other country in the world and provides more works that defy description than any otherplace.
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Country Egypt World
Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
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Fortunate Happiness Men Rich
Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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Eyes Man Music Trust
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
Chances rule men and not men chances.
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Chance Men Rule
The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
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Ourselves Shine War
Haste in every business brings failures.
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Business Failure Haste
The king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
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Greatness Human Kings Power
Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
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Goodness Slavery

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