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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

The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
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Ears Eye Trust
Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
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Friendship Material Value
Envy is so natural to human kind, that it cannot but arise.
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Character Envy Human Kind Nature
Adversity has the effect of drawing out strength and qualities of a man that would have laid dormant in its absence.
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Absence Adversity Drawing Mad Men Strength
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 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
Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
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Fortunate Happiness Men Rich
My men have become women, but the women men.
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Courage Men Women
When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.
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Death Life Refuge
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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Break Cheating Fear Men Place
The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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Fortune Hate Human Men Wisdom
In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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Death Father Peace War
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 worst pain a man can have is to know much and be impotent to act.
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Act Knowledge Men Pain Worst
There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
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Foolish Outrage Useless War
The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.
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Alone Ships Wall
A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
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Goodness Kings Oneself Rule
Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
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Chance Circumstances Men Philosophy
Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.
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Falsehood Lying
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
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
I know that human happiness never remains long in the same place.
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Happiness Human Philosophy Remain
It [Egypt] has more wonders in it than any other country in the world and provides more works that defy description than any otherplace.
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Country Egypt World
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
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
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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Death Inspirational One Liner Suicide

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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