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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.

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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
Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.
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Honor Love Possession Shady
The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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God Greatness Love
Let there be nothing untried; for nothing happens by itself, but men obtain all things by trying.
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Inspirational Learning Men Philosophy Trying
Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
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Goodness Slavery
It is sound planning that invariably earns us the outcome we want; without it, even the gods are unlikely to look with favour on our designs.
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Design Effort Favour Outcomes Result
The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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Fortune Hate Human Men Wisdom
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
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
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
The worst pain a man can have is to know much and be impotent to act.
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Act Knowledge Men Pain Worst
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 peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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Death Father Peace War
A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
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Goodness Kings Oneself Rule
The king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
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Greatness Human Kings Power

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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