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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
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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Death Inspirational One Liner Suicide
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
How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
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Better Envy
The Lacedaemonians fought a memorable battle; they made it quite clear that they were the experts, and that they were fighting against amateurs.
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Battle Fight Memories
The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
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Ears Eye Trust
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
Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.
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Falsehood Lying
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
Call no man happy before he dies.
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Death Happiness Himself Men
All men’s gains are the fruit of venturing.
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Business Inspirational Men Result
Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
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Change Men Resistance
A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
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Goodness Kings Oneself Rule
It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
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God Greatness Lows
The worst part a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing.
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Men Philosophy Power Suffering Worst
Chances rule men and not men chances.
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Chance Men Rule
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
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
When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.
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Death Life Refuge
Far better it is to have a stout heart always and suffer one’s share of evils, than to be ever fearing what may happen.
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Evil Fear Heart Suffering
We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
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Convinced Nature See
Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
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Goodness Slavery
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
A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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Naked Respect Women
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
Great things are won by great dangers.
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Danger Greatness Inspirational One Liner

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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