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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.

Herodotus

Force has no place where there is need of skill.
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Force Military Need Skill
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
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
The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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Fortune Hate Human Men Wisdom
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
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
Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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Character Clothes Modesty Remember
Dreams in general take their rise from those incidents which have most occupied the thoughts during the day.
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Dream Incident Rise
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
Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
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Friendship Material Value
The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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God Greatness Love
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
Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.
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Divine God Impossible Men People
If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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Inspirational Possible Time
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
It is better to be envied than pitied.
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Better Envy One Liner

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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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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