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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.

Herodotus

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
The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
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Ears Eye Trust
A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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Naked Respect Women
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
Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.
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Divine God Impossible Men People
Force has no place where there is need of skill.
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Force Military Need Skill
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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Battle Fight Memories
Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.
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Death Happy Men
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
But if you know that you are a man too, and that even such are those that rule, learn this first of all: that all human affairs are a wheel which, as it turns, does not allow the same men always to be fortunate.
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Change Fortunate Human Men Rule
I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it.
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Believe Bound Cases Myself
Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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Eyes Man Music Trust
The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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God Greatness Love
History is marked by alternating movements across the imaginary line that separates East from West in Eurasia.
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History Imagination Movement War
Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
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Chance Circumstances Men Philosophy
I know that human happiness never remains long in the same place.
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Happiness Human Philosophy Remain

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