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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
To someone seeking power, the poorest man is the most useful.
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Deep Man Poor Power Seek
But few prize honour more than money.
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Honor Money Prize
The Gods being good and making all things, there is no positive evil, it only comes by absence of good; just as darkness itself does not exist, but only comes about by absence of light.
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Absence Darkness Existence God Goodness Light Positive
For harmony makes small states great, while discord undermines the mightiest empires.
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Empire Greatness Harmony Small State
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
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
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
To have the same desires and the same aversion is assuredly a firm bond of friendship.
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Bond Desire Friendship
The fame which is based on wealth or beauty is a frail and fleeting thing; but virtue shines for ages with undiminished lustre.
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Age Fame Luster Virtual Wealth
Each man the architect of his own fate.
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Architect Fate Himself Man
The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.
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Captain Life Moral Rule Soul
A good man prefers to suffer rather than overcome injustice with evil.
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Evil Goodness Justice Man Preference
Of the cosmic Gods some make the world be, others animate it, others harmonize it, consisting as it does of different elements; the fourth class keep it when harmonized.
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Animate Consist Cosmos God Harmony
In victory even the cowardly like to boast, while in adverse times even the brave are discredited.
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Brave Coward Credit Time Victory
Among intellectual pursuits, one of the most useful is the recording of past events.
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Event Intellectual Past Pursuit

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