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The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.

Herodotus

It is a law of nature that fainthearted men should be the fruit of luxurious countries, for we never find that the same soil produces delicacies and heroes.
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Born Country Hero Law Men Nature
He is the best man who, when making his plans, fears and reflects on everything that can happen to him, but in the moment of action is bold.
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Action Bold Men Moments Planning
Force has no place where there is need of skill.
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Force Military Need Skill
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
There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
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Foolish Outrage Useless War
The secret of success is that it is not the absence of failure, but the absence of envy.
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Absence Envy Failure Secret Success
Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.
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Honor Love Possession Shady
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
Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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Character Clothes Modesty Remember
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 trials of living and the pangs of disease make even the short span of life too long.
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Disease Live Long Time Trials
The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
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Ears Eye Trust
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
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 man who has planned badly, if fortune is on his side, may have had a stroke of luck; but his plan was a bad one nonetheless.
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Fortune Luck Men Side

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