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Advise well before you begin, and when you have maturely considered, then act with promptitude.

Sallust

Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour.
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Beginning Care Execution Zeal
All those who offer an opinion on any doubtful point should first clear their minds of every sentiment of dislike, friendship, anger or pity.
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Angry Doubt Friendship Offering Opinion
The firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes.
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Friendship Identity Nature
Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself.
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Greatness Reward
Everything destroyed is either resolved into the elements from which it came, or else vanishes into not-being. If things are resolved into the elements from which they came, then there will be others: else how did they come into being at all?
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Destroy Element Existence
Fortune rules in all things, and advances and depresses things more out of her own will than right and justice.
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Depression Fortune Justice Rule Willing
It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.
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Beginning Difficult Easy Oneself Stop
Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
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Desire Liberty Master Men
It is sweet to surve one country by deeds, and it is not absurd to surve her by words.
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Country Herself Madness Sweet Word
In my opinion, he only may be truly said to live and enjoy his being who is engaged in some laudable pursuit, and acquires a name by some illustrious action, or useful art.
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Action Enjoyment Illustration Live Myself Name Opinion Pursuit True
Before you act consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.
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Act Action Consider Time Yourself
Each man the architect of his own fate.
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Architect Fate Himself Man
Not by vows nor by womanish prayers is the help of the gods obtained; success comes through vigilance, energy, wise counsel.
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Counsel Energy God Help Prayer Promise Success Vow Wisdom
Harmony makes small things grow; lack of it makes great things decay.
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Decay Deep Greatness Growth Harmony
The very life which we enjoy is short.
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Enjoyment Life One Liner Short
Since we have received everything from the Gods, and it is right to pay the giver some tithe of his gifts, we pay such a tithe of possessions in votive offering, of bodies in gifts of (hair and) adornment, and of life in sacrifices.
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Body Gift God Pay Possession Received Sacrifice

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