All men's gains are the fruit of venturing.
Herodotus
Of all men's miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing.
Men's fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man to prosper for ever.
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Soft men tend to be born from soft countries.
In soft regions are born soft men.
Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men.
Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
The ears of men are lesser agents of belief than their eyes.