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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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They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.
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Jealous Method Myself Win
Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
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Hard Work Modesty Possible Talk Yourself
Not by vows nor by womanish prayers is the help of the gods obtained; success comes through vigilance, energy, wise counsel.
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Counsel Energy God Help Prayer Promise Success Vow Wisdom
To someone seeking power, the poorest man is the most useful.
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Deep Man Poor Power Seek
When the prizes fall to the lot of the wicked, you will not find many who are virtuous for virtue’s sake.
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Fall Finding Prize Virtue Yourself
Greedy for the property of others, extravagant with his own
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Himself Own Property
It is better to use fair means and fail, than foul and conquer.
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Better Conquer Failure Right Rule Win
Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.
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Bad Measurement Origin
To like and dislike the same things that is indeed true friendship.
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Bond Friendship True
The firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes.
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Friendship Identity Nature
Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
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Desire Liberty Master Men
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
Get good counsel before you begin; and when you have decided, act promptly.
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Act Counsel Decision Goodness Prompt
It is sweet to surve one country by deeds, and it is not absurd to surve her by words.
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Country Herself Madness Sweet Word
Harmony makes small things grow; lack of it makes great things decay.
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Decay Deep Greatness Growth Harmony
But at power or wealth, for the sake of which wars, and all kinds of strife, arise among mankind, we do not aim; we desire only our liberty, which no honorable man relinquishes but with his life.
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Desire Himself Kind Liberty Life Man Power War Wealth

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