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#1

“There is nothing impossible to him who will try.”
― Alexander the Great

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#3

“I will either find a way, or make one.”
― Hannibal Barca

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#3

“Let the die be cast! [Greek: Ἀνερρίφθω κύβος; contemporary Latin (mis)translation: Iacta alea est!]”
― Julius Caesar

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#4

“Each moment free from fear makes a man immortal.”
― Alexander the Great

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#5

“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”
― Aristotle

tags: introspection, self-discovery, wisdom

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#6

“The greatest misery in adverse fortune is once to have been happy.”
― Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy

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#7

“Experience is the teacher of all things.”
― Julius Caesar

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#8

“Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself.”
― Marcus Aurelius

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#9

“If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte

tags: aphorism, self-reliance

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#9

“Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.”
― Epicurus

tags: death

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#11

“Veni, vidi, vici. (I came, I saw, I conquered.)”
― Julius Caesar

tags: conqueror, imperialism, rome, war

692 likes

#12

“Men are nearly always willing to believe what they wish”
― Julius Caesar

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#13

“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

tags: ataraxy, inner-strength, inspiration, self-control, strength

5996 likes

#14

“Have I played the part well? Then applaud as I exit”
― augustus, First Roman Emperor

tags: last-words

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#15

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul

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#16

“We suffer more often in imagination than in reality”
― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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#17

“My treasure lies in my friends .”
― Alexander the Great

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#18

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

tags: books, humor

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#19

“Through every generation of the human race there has been a constant war, a war with fear. Those who have the courage to conquer it are made free and those who are conquered by it are made to suffer until they have the courage to defeat it, or death takes them.”
― Alexander the Great

tags: bravery, courage, death, fear

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#20

“War is a violent teacher,”
― Thucydides, On Justice, Power, and Human Nature: Selections from The History of the Peloponnesian War

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#21

“Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you. ”
― Pericles

tags: politics

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#22

“Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte

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#23

“One swallow does not make a summer, neither does one fine day; similarly one day or brief time of happiness does not make a person entirely happy.”
― Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics

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#24

“What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.”
― Diogenes

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#25

“No man is rich who shakes and groans
Convinced that he needs more.”
― Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy

tags: consumerism

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#26

“Nothing is miserable unless you think it so; and on the other hand, nothing brings happiness unless you are content with it.”
― Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy

tags: happiness, misery

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#27

“People should either be caressed or crushed. If you do them minor damage they will get their revenge; but if you cripple them there is nothing they can do. If you need to injure someone, do it in such a way that you do not have to fear their vengeance.”
― Niccolo Machiavelli

625 likes

#28

“In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.”
― Diogenes of Sinope

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#29

“The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.”
― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

tags: philosophy

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#30

“Never was anything great achieved without danger.”
― Niccolo Machiavelli

tags: daring, risk, success

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