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God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.

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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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Inspirational Learning Men Philosophy Trying
How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
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Better Envy
Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
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Chance Circumstances Men Philosophy
Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.
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Falsehood Lying
The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.
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Alone Ships Wall
The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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Fortune Hate Human Men Wisdom
The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
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Ears Eye Trust
If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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Inspirational Possible Time
Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.
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Effort Evil Philosophy War
Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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Eyes Man Music Trust
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
The man who has planned badly, if fortune is on his side, may have had a stroke of luck; but his plan was a bad one nonetheless.
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Fortune Luck Men Side
Force has no place where there is need of skill.
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Force Military Need Skill
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
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
Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.
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Forever History Time

God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.

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