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The glory of ancestors sheds a light around posterity; it allows neither good nor bad qualities to remain in obscurity.

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Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.
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Ambition Blood Bond Break Forget Gratitude Obligation
All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
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Angry Doubt Friendship Hate Pity
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
The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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High Liberty Station Yourself
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
Prosperity tries the souls even of the wise.
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Prosperity Soul Try Wisdom
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
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
The poorest of men are the most useful to those seeking power.
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Man Poor Power Seek Useful
Advise well before you begin, and when you have maturely considered, then act with promptitude.
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Act Advice Beginning Mature
A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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Defeat Goodness Justice Man
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
Poor Britons, there is some good in them after all – they produced an oyster.
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Goodness Pearl Production
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
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
Necessity makes even the timid brave.
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Brave Circumstance Coward Necessary

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