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Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.

Herodotus

It is a law of nature that fainthearted men should be the fruit of luxurious countries, for we never find that the same soil produces delicacies and heroes.
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Born Country Hero Law Men Nature
As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning. It’s impossible for someone who is human to have all good things together, just as there is no single country able to provide all good things for itself.
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Country Goodness Human Philosophy Togetherness
Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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Eyes Man Music Trust
The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
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Ears Eye Trust
Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.
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Honor Love Possession Shady
Force has no place where there is need of skill.
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Force Military Need Skill
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
In soft regions are born soft men.
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Born Life Men
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 sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
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Ourselves Shine War
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
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
A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
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Goodness Kings Oneself Rule
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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Death Inspirational One Liner Suicide
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
Historia (Inquiry); so that the actions of of people will not fade with time.
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Action End Fade Life People Time

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