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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
Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.
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Falsehood Lying
Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
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Chance Circumstances Men Philosophy
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
The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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God Greatness Love
If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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Inspirational Possible Time
As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
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Beginning End Together
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
Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
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Fortunate Happiness Men Rich
How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
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Better Envy
We have two useless gods who never leave our island, but like to dwell in it constantly, Poverty and Helplessness.
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God Help Islands Poor
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
I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it.
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Believe Bound Cases Myself
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
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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