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Necessity makes even the timid brave.

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Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

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
A good man prefers to suffer rather than overcome injustice with evil.
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Evil Goodness Justice Man Preference
To desire the same things and to reject the same things, constitutes true friendship.
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Desire Friendship Reject
Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.
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Ambition Blood Bond Break Forget Gratitude Obligation
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
Enough words, little wisdom.
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Enough Wisdom Word
Before you act consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.
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Act Action Consider Time Yourself
In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery.
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Arms Bribe Force Opinion Shame
It is better to use fair means and fail, than foul and conquer.
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Better Conquer Failure Right Rule Win
One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.
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Assume Conceal Himself
Small endeavours obtain strength by unity of action: the most powerful are broken down by discord.
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Action Break Discord Small Strength Unity
A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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Defeat Goodness Justice Man
Each man the architect of his own fate.
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Architect Fate Himself Man
Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.
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Bad Measurement Origin
Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
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Hard Work Modesty Possible Talk Yourself
To like and dislike the same things that is indeed true friendship.
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Bond Friendship True

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