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Be both a speaker of words and a doer of deeds.

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Few sons are like their fathers, most are worse, few better.
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Father Son Worst
Take courage, my heart: you have been through worse than this.
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Courage Experience Heart Worst
Many shining actions owe their success to chance, though the general or statesman receive the applause.
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Action Applause Chance General Receive Shine Success
He knew how to say many false things that were like true sayings.
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Human Nature Lie Truth
The melancholy joys of evils pass’d, For he who much has suffer’d, much will know.
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Evil Joy Melancholy Suffering
I didn’t lie! I just created fiction with my mouth!
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Creation Fiction Lie Mouth
Most grievous of all deaths it is to die of hunger.
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Death Die Grief Hunger
To speak his thoughts is every freeman’s right, in peace and war, in council and in fight.
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Council Fight Frredom Men Peace Right Speak War
Men are so quick to blame the gods.
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Blame God Human Nature Men One Liner Quick
Light is the task where many share the toil.
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Light One Liner Share Task Team Work
Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another.
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Gate Hate Heart Hide Man Speak
It is wrong to be sorry without ceasing.
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Cease One Liner Sorry Wrong
Better to live or die, once and for all, than die by inches.
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Die Live
If you serve too many masters, you’ll soon suffer.
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Inspirational Master Serve Suffering
Think not to match yourself against the gods, for men that walk the earth cannot hold their own with the immortals.
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Against Earth God Immortal Men Thinking
There is no greater fame for a man than that which he wins with his footwork or the skill of his hands.
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Fame Hands Man Skill Win

Be both a speaker of words and a doer of deeds.

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