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The most hateful grief of all human griefs is to have knowledge of a truth, but no power over the event.

Herodotus

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
How can a monarchy be a suitable thing, which allows a man to do as he pleases with none to hold him to account. And even if you were to take the best man on earth, and put him into a monarchy, you put outside him the thoughts that usually guide him.
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Himself Men Politics Rule
Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
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Change Men Resistance
The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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God Greatness Love
Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
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Force Little Wisdom
Historia (Inquiry); so that the actions of of people will not fade with time.
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Action End Fade Life People Time
Chances rule men and not men chances.
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Chance Men Rule
The period of a [Persian] boy’s education is between the ages of five and twenty, and he is taught three things only: to ride, to use the bow, and to speak the truth.
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Age Chilren Education
In soft regions are born soft men.
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Born Life Men
Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
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Goodness Slavery
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
Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
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Friendship Material Value
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
If you have two loaves of bread, keep one to nourish the body, but sell the other to buy hyacinths for the soul.
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Body Food Health Soul
As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
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Beginning End Together
The king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
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Greatness Human Kings Power

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