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

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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
By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.
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Destroy Greatness Small State Thrive
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
Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour.
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Beginning Care Execution Zeal
The very life which we enjoy is short.
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Enjoyment Life One Liner Short
In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.
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Battle Brave Coward Defense Risk Run
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
The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.
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Captain Life Moral Rule Soul
Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself.
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Greatness Reward
The poorest of men are the most useful to those seeking power.
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Man Poor Power Seek Useful
No man underestimates the wrongs he suffers; many take them more seriously than is right.
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Himself Man Right Serious Suffering Wrong
To hope for safety in flight, when you have turned away from the enemy the arms by which the body is defended, is indeed madness. In battle those who are most afraid are always in most danger; but courage is equivalent to rampart.
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Afraid Body Courage Defeat Enemy Equivalent Hope Madness Safety
Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
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Hard Work Modesty Possible Talk Yourself
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
Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
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Desire Liberty Master Men
It is a law of human nature that in victory even the coward may boast of his prowess, while defeat injures the reputation even of the brave.
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Brave Defeat Himself Human Law Nature Reputation Victory

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