Men trust their eyes less than their ears.
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This is the bitterest pain among men, to have much knowledge but no power.
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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.
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Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
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They the Persians are accustomed to deliberate on matters of the highest moment when warm with wine but whatever they in this situation may determine is again proposed to them on the morrow, in their cooler moments, by the person in whose house they had before assembled. If at this time also it meet their approbation, it is executed otherwise it is rejected. Whatever also they discuss when sober, is always a second time examined after they have been drinking.
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