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Neither the army nor the treasury, but friends, are the true supports of the throne; for friends cannot be collected by force of arms, nor purchased with money; they are the offspring of kindness and sincerity.

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A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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Defeat Goodness Justice Man
The glory of wealth and of beauty is fleeting and frail; virtue is illustrious and everlasting.
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Beautiful Glory Illustration Virtue Wealth
Greedy for the property of others, extravagant with his own
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Himself Own Property
Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.
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Ambition Blood Bond Break Forget Gratitude Obligation
Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself.
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Greatness Reward
For harmony makes small states great, while discord undermines the mightiest empires.
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Empire Greatness Harmony Small State
The Gods being good and making all things, there is no positive evil, it only comes by absence of good; just as darkness itself does not exist, but only comes about by absence of light.
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Absence Darkness Existence God Goodness Light Positive
When the prizes fall to the lot of the wicked, you will not find many who are virtuous for virtue’s sake.
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Fall Finding Prize Virtue Yourself
Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.
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Community Discord Greatness Harmony Oneself Pieces Small
The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.
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Captain Life Moral Rule Soul
Harmony makes small things grow; lack of it makes great things decay.
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Decay Deep Greatness Growth Harmony
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
The very life which we enjoy is short.
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Enjoyment Life One Liner Short
To desire the same things and to reject the same things, constitutes true friendship.
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Desire Friendship Reject
Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.
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Growth Old Rise

Neither the army nor the treasury, but friends, are the true supports of the throne; for friends cannot be collected by force of arms, nor purchased with money; they are the offspring of kindness and sincerity.

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Neither the army nor the treasury, but friends, are the true supports of the throne; for friends cannot be collected by force of arms, nor purchased with money; they are the offspring of kindness and sincerity.

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