Envy is so natural to human kind, that it cannot but arise.
HERODOTUSIf 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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I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it.
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Force has no place where there is need of skill.
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A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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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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Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
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As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
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In soft regions are born soft men.
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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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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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The worst part a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing.
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Call no man happy before he dies.
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But I like not these great successes of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.
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There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
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The king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
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Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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