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Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue.

Sallust

He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.
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Angry Deep Emotion Feeling Himself
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
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
Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others.
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Afraid Bad Goodness Trust Virtue
There were few who preferred honor to money.
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Honor Money Preference
No grief reaches the dead.
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Death Grief One Liner Reach
Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour.
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Beginning Care Execution Zeal
Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.
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Bad Measurement Origin
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
Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue.
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Ambition Drive Fake Lock Man Ready Thinking
But the case has proved that to be true which Appius says in his songs, that each man is the maker of his own fate.
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Creator Fate Man Song True
The poorest of men are the most useful to those seeking power.
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Man Poor Power Seek Useful
Enough words, little wisdom.
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Enough Wisdom Word
Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
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Decay Fall Life Philosophy Rise
The glory of ancestors sheds a light around posterity; it allows neither good nor bad qualities to remain in obscurity.
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Ancestor Bad Glory Goodness Light Obscurity Quality
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

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