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In my opinion, he only may be truly said to live and enjoy his being who is engaged in some laudable pursuit, and acquires a name by some illustrious action, or useful art.

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All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
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Angry Doubt Friendship Hate Pity
The poorest of men are the most useful to those seeking power.
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Man Poor Power Seek Useful
Poor Britons, there is some good in them after all – they produced an oyster.
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Goodness Pearl Production
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
There were few who preferred honor to money.
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Honor Money Preference
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
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
Necessity makes even the timid brave.
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Brave Circumstance Coward Necessary
Each man the architect of his own fate.
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Architect Fate Himself Man
He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.
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Angry Deep Emotion Feeling Himself
Among intellectual pursuits, one of the most useful is the recording of past events.
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Event Intellectual Past Pursuit
Enough words, little wisdom.
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Enough Wisdom Word
Fame is the shadow of passion standing in the light.
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Fame Light Passion Shadow Stand
To desire the same things and to reject the same things, constitutes true friendship.
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Desire Friendship Reject
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
Greedy for the property of others, extravagant with his own
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Himself Own Property

In my opinion, he only may be truly said to live and enjoy his being who is engaged in some laudable pursuit, and acquires a name by some illustrious action, or useful art.

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