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But few prize honour more than money.

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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
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
By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.
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Destroy Greatness Small State Thrive
Among intellectual pursuits, one of the most useful is the recording of past events.
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Event Intellectual Past Pursuit
No mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best interests.
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Best Interest Man Mortal Passion Serve Time
Most honorable are services rendered to the State; even if they do not go beyond words, they are not to be despised.
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Beyond Despise Honor Service State Word
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
For men who had easily endured hardship, danger and difficult uncertainty, leisure and riches, though in some ways desirable, proved burdensome and a source of grief.
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Dangerous Desire Easy Endurance Men Source Way
Before you act consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.
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Act Action Consider Time Yourself
Fame is the shadow of passion standing in the light.
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Fame Light Passion Shadow Stand
All persons who are enthusiastic that they should transcend the other animals ought to strive with the utmost effort not to pass through a life of silence, like cattle, which nature has fashioned to be prone and obedient to their stomachs.
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Animal Effort Nature Obedience Person Stomach Transcend
Everything destroyed is either resolved into the elements from which it came, or else vanishes into not-being. If things are resolved into the elements from which they came, then there will be others: else how did they come into being at all?
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Destroy Element Existence
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
Neither the army nor the treasury, but friends, are the true supports of the throne; for friends cannot be collected by force of arms, nor purchased with money; they are the offspring of kindness and sincerity.
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Army Collection Force Kindness Kingdom Money Sincere Support Treasure True
To someone seeking power, the poorest man is the most useful.
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Deep Man Poor Power Seek
Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.
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Friendship Honesty Money Soldier

But few prize honour more than money.

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