Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
HERODOTUSWhere wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
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But I like not these great successes of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.
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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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These ‘messengers’ will not be hindered from accomplishing at their best speed the distance which they have to go, either by snow, or rain, or heat, or by the darkness of night.
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Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
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Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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Chances rule men and not men chances.
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When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.
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We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
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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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The worst part a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing.
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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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Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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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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