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The higher your station, the less your liberty.

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But the case has proved that to be true which Appius says in his songs, that each man is the maker of his own fate.
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Creator Fate Man Song True
By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.
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Destroy Greatness Small State Thrive
Of the cosmic Gods some make the world be, others animate it, others harmonize it, consisting as it does of different elements; the fourth class keep it when harmonized.
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Animate Consist Cosmos God Harmony
Enough words, little wisdom.
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Enough Wisdom Word
To someone seeking power, the poorest man is the most useful.
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Deep Man Poor Power Seek
But few prize honour more than money.
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Honor Money Prize
Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
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Decay Fall Life Philosophy Rise
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
No man underestimates the wrongs he suffers; many take them more seriously than is right.
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Himself Man Right Serious Suffering Wrong
He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.
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Angry Deep Emotion Feeling Himself
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
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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Army Collection Force Kindness Kingdom Money Sincere Support Treasure True
Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others.
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Afraid Bad Goodness Trust Virtue
The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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High Liberty Station Yourself
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
Greedy for the property of others, extravagant with his own
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Himself Own Property

The higher your station, the less your liberty.

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