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God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.

Herodotus

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
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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Decision Necessary Opinion Opportunity View
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 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
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
The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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God Greatness Love
It is better to be envied than pitied.
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Better Envy One Liner
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
The trials of living and the pangs of disease make even the short span of life too long.
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Disease Live Long Time Trials
My men have become women, but the women men.
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Courage Men Women
He is the best man who, when making his plans, fears and reflects on everything that can happen to him, but in the moment of action is bold.
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Action Bold Men Moments Planning
It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
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God Greatness Lows
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
Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
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Friendship Material Value
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
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
The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
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Ourselves Shine War
If someone were to put a proposition before men bidding them choose, after examination, the best customs in the world, each nation would certainly select its own
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Bidding Choice Men Nation World
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
Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.
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Falsehood Lying
God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
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God Himself Suffering
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
We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
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Convinced Nature See
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
If you have two loaves of bread, keep one to nourish the body, but sell the other to buy hyacinths for the soul.
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Body Food Health Soul
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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