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The trials of living and the pangs of disease make even the short span of life too long.

Herodotus

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
Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.
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Honor Love Possession Shady
As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
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Beginning End Together
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
The period of a [Persian] boy’s education is between the ages of five and twenty, and he is taught three things only: to ride, to use the bow, and to speak the truth.
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Age Chilren Education
Great things are won by great dangers.
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Danger Greatness Inspirational One Liner
Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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Character Clothes Modesty Remember
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
Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
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Friendship Material Value
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
A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
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Goodness Kings Oneself Rule
Let there be nothing untried; for nothing happens by itself, but men obtain all things by trying.
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Inspirational Learning Men Philosophy Trying
Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.
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Death Happy Men
When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.
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Death Life Refuge
We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
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Convinced Nature See
Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
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Goodness Slavery

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