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It is impossible that there should be so much providence in the last details, and none in the first principles. Then the arts of prophecy and of healing, which are part of the cosmos, come of the good providence of the Gods.

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Get good counsel before you begin; and when you have decided, act promptly.
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Act Counsel Decision Goodness Prompt
Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
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Decay Fall Life Philosophy Rise
In my opinion, he only may be truly said to live and enjoy his being who is engaged in some laudable pursuit, and acquires a name by some illustrious action, or useful art.
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Action Enjoyment Illustration Live Myself Name Opinion Pursuit True
Before you act consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.
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Act Action Consider Time Yourself
Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself.
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Greatness Reward
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
A good man prefers to suffer rather than overcome injustice with evil.
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Evil Goodness Justice Man Preference
He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.
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Angry Deep Emotion Feeling Himself
In my own case, who have spent my whole life in the practice of virtue, right conduct from habitual has become natural.
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Character Life Natural Practice Right Virtue
The poorest of men are the most useful to those seeking power.
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Man Poor Power Seek Useful
For men who had easily endured hardship, danger and difficult uncertainty, leisure and riches, though in some ways desirable, proved burdensome and a source of grief.
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Dangerous Desire Easy Endurance Men Source Way
The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession.
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Beautiful Excellence Mental Possession Rich
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
One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.
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Assume Conceal Himself
We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.
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Body Employment Mindset Rule Serve
Small endeavours obtain strength by unity of action: the most powerful are broken down by discord.
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Action Break Discord Small Strength Unity

It is impossible that there should be so much providence in the last details, and none in the first principles. Then the arts of prophecy and of healing, which are part of the cosmos, come of the good providence of the Gods.

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It is impossible that there should be so much providence in the last details, and none in the first principles. Then the arts of prophecy and of healing, which are part of the cosmos, come of the good providence of the Gods.

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