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By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.

Sallust

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
Prosperity tries the souls even of the wise.
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Prosperity Soul Try Wisdom
By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.
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Destroy Greatness Small State Thrive
To someone seeking power, the poorest man is the most useful.
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Deep Man Poor Power Seek
Enough words, little wisdom.
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Enough Wisdom Word
Get good counsel before you begin; and when you have decided, act promptly.
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Act Counsel Decision Goodness Prompt
Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.
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Ambition Blood Bond Break Forget Gratitude Obligation
Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour.
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Beginning Care Execution Zeal
No mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best interests.
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Best Interest Man Mortal Passion Serve Time
All those who offer an opinion on any doubtful point should first clear their minds of every sentiment of dislike, friendship, anger or pity.
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Angry Doubt Friendship Offering Opinion
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
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
To desire the same things and to reject the same things, constitutes true friendship.
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Desire Friendship Reject
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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Cosmos Detail God Healing Impossible Principle
The very life which we enjoy is short.
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Enjoyment Life One Liner Short

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