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Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.

Herodotus

When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.
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Death Life Refuge
The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
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Ears Eye Trust
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
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
The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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God Greatness Love
Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
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Goodness Slavery
It is better to be envied than pitied.
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Better Envy One Liner
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
A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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Naked Respect Women
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
Unless a variety of opinions are laid before us, we have no opportunity of selection, but are bound of necessity to adopt the particular view which may have been brought forward.
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Decision Necessary Opinion Opportunity View
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
How can a monarchy be a suitable thing, which allows a man to do as he pleases with none to hold him to account. And even if you were to take the best man on earth, and put him into a monarchy, you put outside him the thoughts that usually guide him.
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Himself Men Politics Rule
One should always look to the end of everything, how it will finally come out. For the god has shown blessedness to many only to overturn them utterly in the end.
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Belief Blessing End God Hope Oneself
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
Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
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Friendship Material Value

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