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Let there be nothing untried; for nothing happens by itself, but men obtain all things by trying.

Herodotus

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
Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.
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Honor Love Possession Shady
The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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God Greatness Love
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
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
How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
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Better Envy
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
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
As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning. It’s impossible for someone who is human to have all good things together, just as there is no single country able to provide all good things for itself.
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Country Goodness Human Philosophy Togetherness
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
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
The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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Fortune Hate Human Men Wisdom
As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
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Beginning End Together
In soft regions are born soft men.
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Born Life Men
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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Accomplishment Best Distance Night Rain
A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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Naked Respect Women
Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.
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Divine God Impossible Men People
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
Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
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Change Men Resistance
Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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Character Clothes Modesty Remember
All men’s gains are the fruit of venturing.
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Business Inspirational Men Result
Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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Eyes Man Music Trust
The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
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Ears Eye Trust
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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Himself Men Politics Rule
Great things are won by great dangers.
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Danger Greatness Inspirational One Liner
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
Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
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Force Little Wisdom

Let there be nothing untried; for nothing happens by itself, but men obtain all things by trying.

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