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All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.

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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
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
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
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
By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.
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Destroy Greatness Small State Thrive
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
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
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
Enough words, little wisdom.
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Enough Wisdom Word
Fortune rules in all things, and advances and depresses things more out of her own will than right and justice.
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Depression Fortune Justice Rule Willing
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
Get good counsel before you begin; and when you have decided, act promptly.
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Act Counsel Decision Goodness Prompt
It is a law of human nature that in victory even the coward may boast of his prowess, while defeat injures the reputation even of the brave.
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Brave Defeat Himself Human Law Nature Reputation Victory
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

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