The secret of success is that it is not the absence of failure, but the absence of envy.
HERODOTUSThe 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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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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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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My men have become women, but the women men.
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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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In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.
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The trials of living and the pangs of disease make even the short span of life too long.
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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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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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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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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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Chances rule men and not men chances.
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If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
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Let there be nothing untried; for nothing happens by itself, but men obtain all things by trying.
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