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God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.

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The most hateful grief of all human griefs is to have knowledge of a truth, but no power over the event.
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Destiny Event Grief Knowledge Truth
Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
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Change Men Resistance
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
But if you know that you are a man too, and that even such are those that rule, learn this first of all: that all human affairs are a wheel which, as it turns, does not allow the same men always to be fortunate.
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Change Fortunate Human Men Rule
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
God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
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God Himself Suffering
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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Country Egypt World
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
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
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
Envy is so natural to human kind, that it cannot but arise.
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Character Envy Human Kind Nature
We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
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Convinced Nature See
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
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

God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.

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