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

Herodotus

Those who are guided by reason are generally successful in their plans; those who are rash and precipitate seldom enjoy the favour of the gods.
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Enjoyment Favour God Reason Success
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
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
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
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
Force has no place where there is need of skill.
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Force Military Need Skill
A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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Naked Respect Women
Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
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Fortunate Happiness Men Rich
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
It is better to be envied than pitied.
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Better Envy One Liner
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
Call no man happy before he dies.
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Death Happiness Himself Men
All men’s gains are the fruit of venturing.
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Business Inspirational Men Result
I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it.
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Believe Bound Cases Myself
As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
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Beginning End Together
God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
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God Himself Suffering

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

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