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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
In soft regions are born soft men.
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Born Life Men
The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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Fortune Hate Human Men Wisdom
It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
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God Greatness Lows
The trials of living and the pangs of disease make even the short span of life too long.
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Disease Live Long Time Trials
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
Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
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Fortunate Happiness Men Rich
If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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Inspirational Possible Time
The man of affluence is not in fact more happy than the possessor of a bare competency, unless, in addition to his wealth, the end of his life be fortunate. We often see misery dwelling in the midst of splendour, whilst real happiness is found in humbler stations.
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Happiness Humble Life Reality
But this I know: if all mankind were to take their troubles to market with the idea of exchanging them, anyone seeing what his neighbor’s troubles were like would be glad to go home with his own.
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Deep Happiness Home Ideas Philosophy
Force has no place where there is need of skill.
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Force Military Need Skill
The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.
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Alone Ships Wall
Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
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Friendship Material Value
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 ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
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Ears Eye Trust
The secret of success is that it is not the absence of failure, but the absence of envy.
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Absence Envy Failure Secret Success

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