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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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Force has no place where there is need of skill.
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Force Military Need Skill
The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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Fortune Hate Human Men Wisdom
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
The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
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Ears Eye Trust
It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
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God Greatness Lows
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
History is marked by alternating movements across the imaginary line that separates East from West in Eurasia.
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History Imagination Movement War
Some give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.
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Design Give Up Goal Happiness Inspirational Moments
It is better to be envied than pitied.
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Better Envy One Liner
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
He is the best man who, when making his plans, fears and reflects on everything that can happen to him, but in the moment of action is bold.
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Action Bold Men Moments Planning
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
Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.
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Death Happy Men
But if you know that you are a man too, and that even such are those that rule, learn this first of all: that all human affairs are a wheel which, as it turns, does not allow the same men always to be fortunate.
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Change Fortunate Human Men Rule
Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
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Change Men Resistance
There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
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Foolish Outrage Useless War

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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