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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 gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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God Greatness Love
All men’s gains are the fruit of venturing.
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Business Inspirational Men Result
Great things are won by great dangers.
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Danger Greatness Inspirational One Liner
Chances rule men and not men chances.
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Chance Men Rule
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
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
Some give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.
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Design Give Up Goal Happiness Inspirational Moments
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
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
We have two useless gods who never leave our island, but like to dwell in it constantly, Poverty and Helplessness.
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God Help Islands Poor
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
Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
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Force Little Wisdom
The man of affluence is not in fact more happy than the possessor of a bare competency, unless, in addition to his wealth, the end of his life be fortunate. We often see misery dwelling in the midst of splendour, whilst real happiness is found in humbler stations.
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Happiness Humble Life Reality
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
The king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
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Greatness Human Kings Power
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

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