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

Herodotus

It is sound planning that invariably earns us the outcome we want; without it, even the gods are unlikely to look with favour on our designs.
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Design Effort Favour Outcomes Result
We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
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Convinced Nature See
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
Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
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Force Little Wisdom
How can a monarchy be a suitable thing, which allows a man to do as he pleases with none to hold him to account. And even if you were to take the best man on earth, and put him into a monarchy, you put outside him the thoughts that usually guide him.
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Himself Men Politics Rule
The man who has planned badly, if fortune is on his side, may have had a stroke of luck; but his plan was a bad one nonetheless.
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Fortune Luck Men Side
It is better to be envied than pitied.
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Better Envy One Liner
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
Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.
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Divine God Impossible Men People
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
But I like not these great successes of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.
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God Greatness Jealous Success
Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
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Goodness Slavery
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
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
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

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