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When the prizes fall to the lot of the wicked, you will not find many who are virtuous for virtue’s sake.

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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
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
It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.
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Beginning Difficult Easy Oneself Stop
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
Prosperity tries the souls even of the wise.
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Prosperity Soul Try Wisdom
When the prizes fall to the lot of the wicked, you will not find many who are virtuous for virtue’s sake.
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Fall Finding Prize Virtue 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
Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour.
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Beginning Care Execution Zeal
To like and dislike the same things that is indeed true friendship.
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Bond Friendship True
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
To desire the same things and to reject the same things, constitutes true friendship.
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Desire Friendship Reject
By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.
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Destroy Greatness Small State Thrive
Necessity makes even the timid brave.
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Brave Circumstance Coward Necessary
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
Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
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Decay Fall Life Philosophy Rise

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