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It [Egypt] has more wonders in it than any other country in the world and provides more works that defy description than any otherplace.

Herodotus

Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.
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Forever History Time
The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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God Greatness Love
Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
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Chance Circumstances Men Philosophy
God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
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God Himself Suffering
The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
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Ourselves Shine War
My men have become women, but the women men.
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Courage Men Women
Historia (Inquiry); so that the actions of of people will not fade with time.
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Action End Fade Life People Time
I never yet feared those men who set a place apart in the middle of their cities where they gather to cheat one another and swear oaths which they break.
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Break Cheating Fear Men Place
The Colchians, Ethiopians and Egyptians have thick lips, broad nose, woolly hair and they are burnt of skin.
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Appearance Hairs Skin
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
The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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Fortune Hate Human Men Wisdom
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
Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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Eyes Man Music Trust
Happiness is not fame or riches or heroic virtues, but a state that will inspire posterity to think in reflecting upon our life, that it was the life they would wish to live.
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Happiness Inspirational Life Live Reflection Thinking
The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
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Ears Eye Trust
Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
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Friendship Material Value

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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