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A good man prefers to suffer rather than overcome injustice with evil.

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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
The fame which is based on wealth or beauty is a frail and fleeting thing; but virtue shines for ages with undiminished lustre.
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Age Fame Luster Virtual Wealth
To have the same desires and the same aversion is assuredly a firm bond of friendship.
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Bond Desire Friendship
Each man the architect of his own fate.
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Architect Fate Himself Man
Since we have received everything from the Gods, and it is right to pay the giver some tithe of his gifts, we pay such a tithe of possessions in votive offering, of bodies in gifts of (hair and) adornment, and of life in sacrifices.
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Body Gift God Pay Possession Received Sacrifice
Greedy for the property of others, extravagant with his own
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Himself Own Property
Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
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Evaporate Feeling General Move Tears Weakness Word
We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.
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Body Employment Mindset Rule Serve
Necessity makes even the timid brave.
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Brave Circumstance Coward Necessary
Harmony makes small things grow; lack of it makes great things decay.
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Decay Deep Greatness Growth Harmony
The firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes.
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Friendship Identity Nature
The very life which we enjoy is short.
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Enjoyment Life One Liner Short
Poor Britons, there is some good in them after all – they produced an oyster.
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Goodness Pearl Production
Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others.
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Afraid Bad Goodness Trust Virtue
The man who is roused neither by glory nor by danger it is in vain to exhort; terror closes the ears of the mind.
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Dangerous Glory Man Mindset Terror
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

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