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The glory of riches and of beauty is frail and transitory; virtue remains bright and eternal.

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To have the same desires and the same aversion is assuredly a firm bond of friendship.
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Bond Desire Friendship
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
By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
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Dread Goodness Wicked
As the blessings of health and fortune have a beginning, so they must also find an end. Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
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Beginning Blessing Decay Fortune Health
Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.
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Growth Old Rise
Fame is the shadow of passion standing in the light.
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Fame Light Passion Shadow Stand
Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.
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Friendship Honesty Money Soldier
The firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes.
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Friendship Identity Nature
But few prize honour more than money.
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Honor Money Prize
Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.
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Community Discord Greatness Harmony Oneself Pieces Small
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
Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself.
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Greatness Reward
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
But assuredly Fortune rules in all things; she raised to eminence or buries in oblivion everything from caprice rather than from well-regulated principle.
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Assurance Bury Fate Fortune Principle Raise Rule
Necessity makes even the timid brave.
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Brave Circumstance Coward Necessary
One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.
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Assume Conceal Himself

The glory of riches and of beauty is frail and transitory; virtue remains bright and eternal.

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