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It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.

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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
No grief reaches the dead.
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Death Grief One Liner Reach
The Romans assisted their allies and friends, and acquired friendships by giving rather than receiving kindness.
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Assistance Friendship Kindness Receive Roman
All men who would surpass the other animals should do their best not to pass through life silently like the beasts whom nature made prone, obedient to their bellies.
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Animal Best Life Man Obedience Stomach Through
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
Among intellectual pursuits, one of the most useful is the recording of past events.
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Event Intellectual Past Pursuit
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
Prosperity tries the souls even of the wise.
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Prosperity Soul Try Wisdom
Get good counsel before you begin; and when you have decided, act promptly.
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Act Counsel Decision Goodness Prompt
It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.
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Beginning Difficult Easy Oneself Stop
The poorest of men are the most useful to those seeking power.
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Man Poor Power Seek Useful
Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.
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Growth Old Rise
For harmony makes small states great, while discord undermines the mightiest empires.
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Empire Greatness Harmony Small State
Harmony makes small things grow; lack of it makes great things decay.
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Decay Deep Greatness Growth Harmony
It is always easy enough to take up arms, but very difficult to lay them down; the commencement and the termination of war are not necessarily in the same hands; even a coward may begin, but the end comes only when the victors are willing.
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Coward Difficult Easy Enough Hands Necessary War Willing

It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.

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