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650 Greek Quotes

Men trust their ears less than their eyes.

Men trust Ears Eyes
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Some men 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

Give up Designs Goal Victory
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After all, no one is stupid enough to prefer war to peace; in peace sons bury their fathers and in war fathers bury their sons.

No one Stupid Prefer War
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But this I know: if all mankind were to take their troubles to market with the idea of exchanging them, anyone seeing what his neighbor's troubles were like would be glad to go home with his own.

Mankind Troubles Market Exchanging them
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The most hateful grief of all human griefs is this, to have knowledge of the truth but no power over the event

Hateful grief Human Have knowledge Truth
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The saddest aspect of life is that there is no one on earth whose happiness is such that he won't sometimes wish he were dead rather than alive.

Saddest aspect Life Happiness Wish dead
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The worst pain a man can suffer: to have insight into much and power over nothing.

Worst pain Insight Power
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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.

Happiness Fame Riches Inspire posterity
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In peace, children inter their parents; war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children.

In peace Children Parent War violates
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Force has no place where there is need of skill

Force Place Need Skill
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Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks

Greet deeds Risk
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No one is so senseless as to choose of his own will war rather than peace, since in peace the sons bury their fathers, but in war the fathers bury their sons.

Senseless Choose War Peace
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Now stop your dancing; you wouldn't come out and dance when I played to you.

Now stop Dancing Come out Played to
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Now it happened that this Candaules was in love with his own wife; and not only so, but thought her the fairest woman in the whole world. This fancy had strange consequences.

Happened In love Wife Fairest woman
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I shall therefore discourse equally of both, convinced that human happiness never continues long in one stay.

Discourse equally Human happiness Continues long
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How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
How much Better Envied Pitied
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Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.

Many exceedingly Rich men Unhappy
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Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.

Illness strike Men Exposed Change
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I never yet feared those men who set a place apart in the middle of their cities where they gather to cheat one another and swear oaths which they break.

Never Yet feared Men Cheat
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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.

Planned badly Fortune Stroke Luck
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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.

Look End Everything God
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Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.

Whatever come God Impossible Turn back
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But I like not these great success of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.

Like Great success Jealous The gods
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God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.

God Suffer presumption Anyone
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Men's fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man to prosper for ever.

Men's fortune Wheel Turning suffers Prosper forever
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Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
Remember Clothes Woman Puts off
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Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.
Civil strife Greater evil War itself Worse
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It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing.

One thing Alone Many ways Freedom
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Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men.

Death Delightful Hiding place
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The ears of men are lesser agents of belief than their eyes.

Ears Men Lesser agents Belief
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The destiny of man is in his own soul.

Destiny Man Own soul
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All men's gains are the fruit of venturing.
Men's gain Fruit Venturing
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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.

Put Proposition Men After examination
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The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.

Most hateful Human misfortune Wise man Influence
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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.

Best man Plans Fears Reflects
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When a woman removes her garment, she also removes the respect that is hers.

Woman Removes Garment Respect
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Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh.

Knowledge Give weight Accomplishment People
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It's impossible for someone who is human to have all good things together, just as there is no single country able to provide all good things for itself.

Impossible Someone Human
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The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance.

Only good Knowledge Evil Ignorance
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In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons.

In peace Sons Bury War
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Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.

All possessions Friend Most precious
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Anything forced is not beautiful

Anything forced Beautiful
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No human being will ever know the truth, for even if they happened to say it by chance, they would not know they had done so.

Human being The truth Happened By chance
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If you consider what are called the virtues in mankind, you will find their growth is assisted by education and cultivation.

Consider Virtues Mankind Growth
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Moderation in all things healthful; total abstinence from all things harmful.

Moderation Things healthy Total abstinence Harmful
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There is a deep—and usually frustrated—desire in the heart of everyone to act with benevolence rather than selfishness, and one fine instance of generosity can inspire dozens more.

A deep Frustrated Benevolence
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Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.

Battles Decided more Morale Bodily strength
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A man may hate cruelty and lies, but if he’s never given an opportunity to show what he’s made of, no one will remember him when he dies.

Man Cruelty Lies Opportunity
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Most people, when they are set upon looking into other people's affairs, never turn to examine themselves.

Most people Upon looking People's affairs Examine themselves
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Men, the enemy troops you can see are all that stands between us and the place we have for so long been determined to reach. We must find a way to eat them alive!

Men Enemy troops Stands between Place
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