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.
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This is the bitterest pain among men, to have much knowledge but no power.Herodotus
The worst pain a man can suffer: to have insight into much and power over nothing.
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All men's gains are the fruit of venturing.
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It is a law of nature that faint-hearted men should be the fruit of luxurious countries, for we never find that the same soil produces delicacies and heroes.
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The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance.
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