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No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.


Solon

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No man is happy. He is, at best, fortunate.
SOLON Call no man happy till he is dead.
AESCHYLUS call no man happy until he is dead
HERODOTUS Call no man happy until he is dead.
SOLON No occupation is considered superior since everyone is doing his best where he is.
SUNDAY ADELAJA There is no thing known as bad luck. There is luck, or no luck at all.
JEFFREY FRY The poor man is happy; he expects no change for the worse
DEMETRIUS Let no man be called happy before his death. Till then, he is not happy, only lucky.
SOLON Our life is a series of moments. Let them all go. Moments. All gathering towards this one.
NOW IS GOOD A man is at his best when he is simply not like the rest in all his life's test
ANUJ SOMANY A man is at his best when he is simply not like rest in all his life's test
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By doing what's best for them.
Then how would you love your...
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DEYTH BANGER Of no mortal say, 'That man is happy,' till vexed by no grievous ill he pass life's goal.
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MICHAEL GRIFFIN Solon being asked, namely, what city was best to live in. That city, he replied, in which those who ...
PLUTARCH (Solon) being asked, namely, what city was best to live in, "That city," he replied, "in which those...
PLUTARCH count no man happy until he be dead.
SOLON [Dialogue between Solon and an Egyptian Priest]
In the Egyptian Delta, at the head of which the...
PLATO No man is happy but by comparison.
THOMAS SHADWELL No married man is genuinely happy if he has to drink worse whisky than he used to drink when he was ...
H. L. MENCKEN Truth is the best defense.
WARD CHURCHILL No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend until he is unhappy.
THOMAS FULLER No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend until he is unhappy.
THOMAS FULLER A man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy.
ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYN No man should desire to be happy who is not at the same time holy. He should spend his efforts in se...
A. W. TOZER You can't spell impossible without spelling possible!
REBEKAH APEL God may allow His servant to succeed when He has disciplined him to a point where he does not need t...
A. W. TOZER No man is happy who does not think himself so.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS War is no solution to peace.
BEN OAK At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.
ARISTOTLE At his best man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst
ARISTOTLE A man is fortunate if he encounters living examples of vice, as well as of virtue, to inspire him.
BRENDAN FRANCIS There comes a point in every man's life when he has to say: 'Enough is enough.'
LANCE ARMSTRONG A man in love is incomplete until he has married. Then he's finished.
ZSA ZSA GABOR No man needs sympathy because he has to work. Far and away the best prize that life offers is the ch...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT The truth is the best picture, the best propaganda.
ROBERT CAPA If the best is possible, than good is never enough and only do the best.
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MALCOLM X Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs n...
LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA Man is not the owner of mind but only a user. The nature owns mind, man hires only a small portion o...
THIRUMAN ARCHUNAN No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI If a man is happy in America, it is considered he is doing something wrong.
CLARENCE DARROW The learned is happy, nature to explore; The fool is happy, that he knows no more
ALEXANDER POPE A man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy and nothing can stop him.
ALEXANDR SOLZHENITSYN A man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy and nothing can stop him.
ALEXANDER SOLZEHNITSYN A man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy and nothing can stop him.
ALEXANDER SOLZENITSYN If man is not made for God, why is he not happy except in God? If man is made for God, why is he so ...
BLAISE PASCAL No man needs sympathy because he has to work, because he has a burden to carry. Far and away the bes...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT Man takes root at his feet, and at best, he is no more than a potted plant in his house or carriage ...
JOHN BURROUGHS A happy man is one who wants what he has. An unhappy man gets what he wants but never stops wanting.
VIKRANT PARSAI A man with no dream is no man at all
EMANOUHL No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like hi...
JOHN STEINBECK Deem no man happy until he passes the end of his life without suffering grief.
SOPHOCLES He has no idea who he is, and he is sad that he has caused us so much pain. I just told him we are s...
JANE POWER The world that we live in is a weakness. To continuously live in an environment that weakens you, on...
APURVA GAGLANI A happy person is one whose arithmetic is at its best when they is counting their blessings.
UNKNOWN Surely what a man does when he is taken off his guard is the best evidence for what sort of man he i...
C.S. LEWIS He is very fortunate to be alive.
BRIAN HUMPHREY No man knows he is young while he is young.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON No man knows he is young while he is young.
G. K. CHESTERTON It is not the level of prosperity that makes for happiness but the kinship of heart to heart and th...
ALEXANDER SOLZHENITSYN It is not the level of prosperity that makes for happiness but the kinship of heart to heart and the...
ALEXANDER SOLZHENITSYN Is this the destiny of man? Is he only happy before he has acquired his reason or after he has lost ...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it.
MARK TWAIN There is no question but that the laws and principles which Solon laid down both foreshadowed and pr...
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STEPHEN R. COVEY Ques eso? Queso?
NOLAN J. VANDER HAAGEN if you love someone,you did not think if it was right...all you know was you love the person so much...
VERONICA LAPPAY Life is what it is supposed to be, its just not always what you want it to be...
DANIEL GILMAN He is at no end of his actions blest Whose ends will make greatest and not best.
GEORGE CHAPMAN Fortunate, indeed, is the man who takes exactly the right measure of himself and holds a just balan...
PETER LATHAM The fact is, everything we want or yearn for is won through other people. No man on an island is hap...
VERNON HOWARD When a man is at peace he is a man, when angry he is an animal.
AMIT KALANTRI Ivan for me is the best catcher in the big leagues and there is no comparison with anybody. He has a...
JORGE POSADA Don't marry a rich man. Marry a good man. He will spend his life trying to keep you happy. No rich m...
STANESS JONEKOS It is not the level of prosperity that makes for happiness but the kinship of heart to heart and the...
ALEXANDR SOLZHENITSYN If you want to make an ordinary man happy, or think that he is happy, give him money, power, flatter...
IDRIES SHAH Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
BIBLE Everybody stayed focused all game long, and everybody played well tonight. This is a great win for S...
MATT LESAN When he is best, he is a little worse than a man; and when he is worst, he is little better than a b...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE If a man take no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand
CONFUCIUS If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.
CONFUCIUS If a man take no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.
CONFUCIUS He is his own best friend, and takes delight in privacy whereas the man of no virtue or ability is h...
ARISTOTLE The best friend to a man is none than he himself.
ANUJ SOMANY It is what it is, it is what you make it.
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SAMUEL JOHNSON What love is to man, music is to the arts and to mankind.
CARL MARIA VON WEBER A man from hell is not afraid of hot ashes.
DOROTHY GILMAN No burden is so heavy for a man to bear as a succession of happy days.
MAX MULLER No burden is so heavy for a man to bear as a succession of happy days.
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