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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 draw from each…
- It is said that as many days as there are in the whole journey, so many are the men and horses that stand along the…
- Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.
- Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. [The Motto Of The…
- If anyone, no matter who, were given the opportunity of choosing from amongst all the nations in the world the set of beliefs which he…
- Soft men tend to be born from soft countries.
- History is marked by alternating movements across the imaginary line that separates East from West in Eurasia.
- These 'messengers' will not be hindered from accomplishing at their best speed the distance which they have to go, either by snow, or rain, or…
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