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I never yet feared those men who set a place apart in the middle of their cities where they gather to cheat one another and swear oaths which they break.

Herodotus

A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
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Goodness Kings Oneself Rule
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
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 sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
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Ourselves Shine War
Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
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Change Men Resistance
If someone were to put a proposition before men bidding them choose, after examination, the best customs in the world, each nation would certainly select its own
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Bidding Choice Men Nation World
It is better to be envied than pitied.
HERODOTUS

Better Envy One Liner
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
Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
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Friendship Material Value
Those who are guided by reason are generally successful in their plans; those who are rash and precipitate seldom enjoy the favour of the gods.
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Enjoyment Favour God Reason Success
It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing.
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Alone Equality Freedom Goodness Talk
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
Great things are won by great dangers.
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Danger Greatness Inspirational One Liner
The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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God Greatness Love
Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.
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Falsehood Lying
In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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Death Father Peace War

I never yet feared those men who set a place apart in the middle of their cities where they gather to cheat one another and swear oaths which they break.

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