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

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A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
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Goodness Kings Oneself Rule
Great things are won by great dangers.
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Danger Greatness Inspirational One Liner
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
In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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Death Father Peace War
Historia (Inquiry); so that the actions of of people will not fade with time.
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Action End Fade Life People Time
The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.
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Alone Ships Wall
There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
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Foolish Outrage Useless War
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
Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
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Fortunate Happiness Men Rich
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
The Colchians, Ethiopians and Egyptians have thick lips, broad nose, woolly hair and they are burnt of skin.
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Appearance Hairs Skin
Happiness is not fame or riches or heroic virtues, but a state that will inspire posterity to think in reflecting upon our life, that it was the life they would wish to live.
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Happiness Inspirational Life Live Reflection Thinking
Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
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Chance Circumstances Men Philosophy
Some give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.
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Design Give Up Goal Happiness Inspirational Moments
Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.
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Falsehood Lying
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

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