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• This king [Sesostris] divided the land among all Egyptians so as to give each one a quadrangle of equal size and to…
• Some give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting,…
• The worst part a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing.
• But this I know: if all mankind were to take their troubles to market with the idea of exchanging them, anyone seeing…
• Happiness is not fame or riches or heroic virtues, but a state that will inspire posterity to think in reflecting upon our…
• The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
• I never yet feared those men who set a place apart in the middle of their cities where they gather to cheat…
• I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it.

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