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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
Dreams in general take their rise from those incidents which have most occupied the thoughts during the day.
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Dream Incident Rise
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
As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
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Beginning End Together
The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
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Ourselves Shine War
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
Chances rule men and not men chances.
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Chance Men Rule
Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.
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Death Happy Men
Haste in every business brings failures.
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Business Failure Haste
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
Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
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Friendship Material Value
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
A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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Naked Respect Women
Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
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Chance Circumstances Men Philosophy
There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
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Foolish Outrage Useless War
Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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Eyes Man Music Trust

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