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The Romans assisted their allies and friends, and acquired friendships by giving rather than receiving kindness.

Sallust

The glory of riches and of beauty is frail and transitory; virtue remains bright and eternal.
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Beautiful Bright Forever Fragile Glory Rich
To desire the same things and to reject the same things, constitutes true friendship.
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Desire Friendship Reject
One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.
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Assume Conceal Himself
Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.
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Bad Measurement Origin
In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery.
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Arms Bribe Force Opinion Shame
In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.
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Battle Brave Coward Defense Risk Run
To like and dislike the same things that is indeed true friendship.
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Bond Friendship True
By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.
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Destroy Greatness Small State Thrive
All persons who are enthusiastic that they should transcend the other animals ought to strive with the utmost effort not to pass through a life of silence, like cattle, which nature has fashioned to be prone and obedient to their stomachs.
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Animal Effort Nature Obedience Person Stomach Transcend
Among intellectual pursuits, one of the most useful is the recording of past events.
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Event Intellectual Past Pursuit
To hope for safety in flight, when you have turned away from the enemy the arms by which the body is defended, is indeed madness. In battle those who are most afraid are always in most danger; but courage is equivalent to rampart.
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Afraid Body Courage Defeat Enemy Equivalent Hope Madness Safety
Get good counsel before you begin; and when you have decided, act promptly.
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Act Counsel Decision Goodness Prompt
Advise well before you begin, and when you have maturely considered, then act with promptitude.
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Act Advice Beginning Mature
Distinguished ancestors shed a powerful light on their descendants, and forbid the concealment either of their merits or of their demerits.
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Advice Ancestor Help Light Powerful
It is a law of human nature that in victory even the coward may boast of his prowess, while defeat injures the reputation even of the brave.
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Brave Defeat Himself Human Law Nature Reputation Victory
The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.
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Beautiful Fame Forever Glory Intellectual Possession Wealth

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