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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.

Herodotus

If you have two loaves of bread, keep one to nourish the body, but sell the other to buy hyacinths for the soul.
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Body Food Health Soul
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
Chances rule men and not men chances.
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Chance Men Rule
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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Death Inspirational One Liner Suicide
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
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
We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
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Convinced Nature See
There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
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Foolish Outrage Useless War
The secret of success is that it is not the absence of failure, but the absence of envy.
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Absence Envy Failure Secret Success
The king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
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Greatness Human Kings Power
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
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
Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.
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Honor Love Possession Shady
Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
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Chance Circumstances Men Philosophy
If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.
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Fun Himself Men relief Serious
The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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Fortune Hate Human Men Wisdom

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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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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