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The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.

Herodotus

But this I know: if all mankind were to take their troubles to market with the idea of exchanging them, anyone seeing what his neighbor’s troubles were like would be glad to go home with his own.
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Deep Happiness Home Ideas Philosophy
Historia (Inquiry); so that the actions of of people will not fade with time.
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Action End Fade Life People Time
The worst pain a man can have is to know much and be impotent to act.
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Act Knowledge Men Pain Worst
Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.
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Death Happy Men
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
Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
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Change Men Resistance
I know that human happiness never remains long in the same place.
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Happiness Human Philosophy Remain
Force has no place where there is need of skill.
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Force Military Need Skill
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
It is better to be envied than pitied.
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Better Envy One Liner
Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.
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Honor Love Possession Shady
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
God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
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God Himself Suffering
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
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
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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Bidding Choice Men Nation World

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