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

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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
It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
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God Greatness Lows
As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
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Beginning End Together
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
In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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Death Father Peace 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
The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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Fortune Hate Human Men Wisdom
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
A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
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Goodness Kings Oneself Rule
Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.
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Death Happy Men
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
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
All men’s gains are the fruit of venturing.
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Business Inspirational Men Result
Envy is so natural to human kind, that it cannot but arise.
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Character Envy Human Kind Nature
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
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

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