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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.

Sallust

To someone seeking power, the poorest man is the most useful.
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Deep Man Poor Power Seek
Distinguished ancestors shed a powerful light on their descendants, and forbid the concealment either of their merits or of their demerits.
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Advice Ancestor Help Light Powerful
Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.
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Friendship Honesty Money Soldier
For harmony makes small states great, while discord undermines the mightiest empires.
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Empire Greatness Harmony Small State
To desire the same things and to reject the same things, constitutes true friendship.
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Desire Friendship Reject
The Gods being good and making all things, there is no positive evil, it only comes by absence of good; just as darkness itself does not exist, but only comes about by absence of light.
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Absence Darkness Existence God Goodness Light Positive
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
The poorest of men are the most useful to those seeking power.
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Man Poor Power Seek Useful
Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
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Decay Fall Life Philosophy Rise
The glory of ancestors sheds a light around posterity; it allows neither good nor bad qualities to remain in obscurity.
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Ancestor Bad Glory Goodness Light Obscurity Quality
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
The glory of riches and of beauty is frail and transitory; virtue remains bright and eternal.
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Beautiful Bright Forever Fragile Glory Rich
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
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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Action Enjoyment Illustration Live Myself Name Opinion Pursuit True
Poor Britons, there is some good in them after all – they produced an oyster.
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Goodness Pearl Production
By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
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Dread Goodness Wicked

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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