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In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.

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Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
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Decay Fall Life Philosophy Rise
Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.
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Ambition Blood Bond Break Forget Gratitude Obligation
Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.
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Growth Old Rise
Advise well before you begin, and when you have maturely considered, then act with promptitude.
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Act Advice Beginning Mature
For harmony makes small states great, while discord undermines the mightiest empires.
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Empire Greatness Harmony Small State
The very life which we enjoy is short.
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Enjoyment Life One Liner Short
A good man prefers to suffer rather than overcome injustice with evil.
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Evil Goodness Justice Man Preference
Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue.
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Ambition Drive Fake Lock Man Ready Thinking
Enough words, little wisdom.
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Enough Wisdom Word
By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.
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Destroy Greatness Small State Thrive
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
Each man the architect of his own fate.
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Architect Fate Himself Man
Harmony makes small things grow; lack of it makes great things decay.
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Decay Deep Greatness Growth Harmony
Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself.
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Greatness Reward
But the case has proved that to be true which Appius says in his songs, that each man is the maker of his own fate.
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Creator Fate Man Song True
In victory even the cowardly like to boast, while in adverse times even the brave are discredited.
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Brave Coward Credit Time Victory

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