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Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.
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Divine God Impossible Men People
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
If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.
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Fun Himself Men relief Serious
If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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Inspirational Possible 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
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
Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
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Force Little Wisdom
The most hateful grief of all human griefs is to have knowledge of a truth, but no power over the event.
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Destiny Event Grief Knowledge Truth
Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
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Chance Circumstances Men Philosophy
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
In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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Death Father Peace War
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
God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
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God Himself Suffering
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
Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.
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Honor Love Possession Shady
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

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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