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Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.

Herodotus

Some give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.
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Design Give Up Goal Happiness Inspirational Moments
Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
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Force Little Wisdom
Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
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Chance Circumstances Men Philosophy
Haste in every business brings failures.
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Business Failure Haste
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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Age Chilren Education
In soft regions are born soft men.
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Born Life Men
All of life is action and passion, and not to be involved in the actions and passions of your time is to risk having not really lived at all.
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Action Deep Life Passion Philosophy Risk Time
Happiness is not fame or riches or heroic virtues, but a state that will inspire posterity to think in reflecting upon our life, that it was the life they would wish to live.
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Happiness Inspirational Life Live Reflection Thinking
Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.
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Falsehood Lying
Let there be nothing untried; for nothing happens by itself, but men obtain all things by trying.
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Inspirational Learning Men Philosophy Trying
We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
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Convinced Nature See
The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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God Greatness Love
Adversity has the effect of drawing out strength and qualities of a man that would have laid dormant in its absence.
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Absence Adversity Drawing Mad Men Strength
Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
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Friendship Material Value
The king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
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Greatness Human Kings Power
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
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
If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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Inspirational Possible Time
The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
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Ourselves Shine War
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
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
The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.
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Alone Ships Wall
But I like not these great successes of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.
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God Greatness Jealous Success
Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.
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Divine God Impossible Men People
Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.
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Honor Love Possession Shady
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
In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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Death Father Peace War

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