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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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When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.
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Death Life Refuge
Call no man happy before he dies.
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Death Happiness Himself Men
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.
HERODOTUS

Fun Himself Men relief Serious
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
One should always look to the end of everything, how it will finally come out. For the god has shown blessedness to many only to overturn them utterly in the end.
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Belief Blessing End God Hope Oneself
Happiness is not fame or riches or heroic virtues, but a state that will inspire posterity to think in reflecting upon our life, that it was the life they would wish to live.
HERODOTUS

Happiness Inspirational Life Live Reflection Thinking
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
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
As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
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Beginning End Together
Great things are won by great dangers.
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Danger Greatness Inspirational One Liner
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
Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
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Chance Circumstances Men Philosophy
Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.
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Honor Love Possession Shady
Envy is so natural to human kind, that it cannot but arise.
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Character Envy Human Kind Nature
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
The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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God Greatness Love

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