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Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.

Sallust

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
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
Most honorable are services rendered to the State; even if they do not go beyond words, they are not to be despised.
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Beyond Despise Honor Service State Word
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
To someone seeking power, the poorest man is the most useful.
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Deep Man Poor Power Seek
Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.
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Ambition Blood Bond Break Forget Gratitude Obligation
Before you act consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.
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Act Action Consider Time Yourself
There were few who preferred honor to money.
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Honor Money Preference
No man underestimates the wrongs he suffers; many take them more seriously than is right.
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Himself Man Right Serious Suffering Wrong
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
No grief reaches the dead.
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Death Grief One Liner Reach
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
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
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
Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour.
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Beginning Care Execution Zeal
One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.
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Assume Conceal Himself

Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.

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