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To like and dislike the same things that is indeed true friendship.

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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
Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.
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Growth Old Rise
Necessity makes even the timid brave.
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Brave Circumstance Coward Necessary
Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself.
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Greatness Reward
A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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Defeat Goodness Justice Man
We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.
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Body Employment Mindset Rule Serve
He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.
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Angry Deep Emotion Feeling Himself
But at power or wealth, for the sake of which wars, and all kinds of strife, arise among mankind, we do not aim; we desire only our liberty, which no honorable man relinquishes but with his life.
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Desire Himself Kind Liberty Life Man Power War Wealth
The glory of wealth and of beauty is fleeting and frail; virtue is illustrious and everlasting.
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Beautiful Glory Illustration Virtue Wealth
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
Not by vows nor by womanish prayers is the help of the gods obtained; success comes through vigilance, energy, wise counsel.
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Counsel Energy God Help Prayer Promise Success Vow Wisdom
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
In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery.
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Arms Bribe Force Opinion Shame
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
It is better to use fair means and fail, than foul and conquer.
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Better Conquer Failure Right Rule Win

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