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Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.

Sallust

Of the bodies in the cosmos, some imitate mind and move in orbits; some imitate soul and move in a straight line, fire and air upward, earth and water downward.
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Body Cosmos Down Imitation Move On Soul Water
It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.
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Beginning Difficult Easy Oneself Stop
Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
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Hard Work Modesty Possible Talk Yourself
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
By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
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Dread Goodness Wicked
Enough words, little wisdom.
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Enough Wisdom Word
The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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High Liberty Station Yourself
They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.
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Jealous Method Myself Win
Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour.
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Beginning Care Execution Zeal
By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.
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Destroy Greatness Small State Thrive
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 glory of wealth and of beauty is fleeting and frail; virtue is illustrious and everlasting.
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Beautiful Glory Illustration Virtue Wealth
A good man prefers to suffer rather than overcome injustice with evil.
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Evil Goodness Justice Man Preference
Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.
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Bad Measurement Origin
All men who would surpass the other animals should do their best not to pass through life silently like the beasts whom nature made prone, obedient to their bellies.
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Animal Best Life Man Obedience Stomach Through
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

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