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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

Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
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Change Men Resistance
If someone were to put a proposition before men bidding them choose, after examination, the best customs in the world, each nation would certainly select its own
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Bidding Choice Men Nation World
Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
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Friendship Material Value
Great things are won by great dangers.
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Danger Greatness Inspirational One Liner
In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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Death Father Peace War
Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
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Goodness Slavery
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
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
One should always look to the end of everything, how it will finally come out. For the god has shown blessedness to many only to overturn them utterly in the end.
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Belief Blessing End God Hope Oneself
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
These ‘messengers’ will not be hindered from accomplishing at their best speed the distance which they have to go, either by snow, or rain, or heat, or by the darkness of night.
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Accomplishment Best Distance Night Rain
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
Unless a variety of opinions are laid before us, we have no opportunity of selection, but are bound of necessity to adopt the particular view which may have been brought forward.
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Decision Necessary Opinion Opportunity View
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
The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
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Ourselves Shine War
I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it.
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Believe Bound Cases Myself

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