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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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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
Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
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Fortunate Happiness Men Rich
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
There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
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Foolish Outrage Useless War
A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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Naked Respect Women
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
Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
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Goodness Slavery
When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.
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Death Life Refuge
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
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
History is marked by alternating movements across the imaginary line that separates East from West in Eurasia.
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History Imagination Movement War
It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
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God Greatness Lows
Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
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Force Little Wisdom
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 sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
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Ourselves Shine War
In soft regions are born soft men.
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Born Life Men

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