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

Herodotus

Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.
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Forever History Time
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
Force has no place where there is need of skill.
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Force Military Need Skill
Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.
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Effort Evil Philosophy War
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
Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
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Change Men Resistance
The worst part a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing.
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Men Philosophy Power Suffering Worst
Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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Character Clothes Modesty Remember
The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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Fortune Hate Human Men Wisdom
The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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God Greatness Love
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
It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
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God Greatness Lows
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
We have two useless gods who never leave our island, but like to dwell in it constantly, Poverty and Helplessness.
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God Help Islands Poor
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
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

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