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The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.

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There were few who preferred honor to money.
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Honor Money Preference
He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.
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Angry Deep Emotion Feeling Himself
One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.
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Assume Conceal Himself
For harmony makes small states great, while discord undermines the mightiest empires.
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Empire Greatness Harmony Small State
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
By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
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Dread Goodness Wicked
To someone seeking power, the poorest man is the most useful.
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Deep Man Poor Power Seek
The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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High Liberty Station Yourself
The Romans assisted their allies and friends, and acquired friendships by giving rather than receiving kindness.
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Assistance Friendship Kindness Receive Roman
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
Fame is the shadow of passion standing in the light.
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Fame Light Passion Shadow Stand
Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.
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Bad Measurement Origin
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
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
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
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

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