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Advise well before you begin, and when you have maturely considered, then act with promptitude.

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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
The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.
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Captain Life Moral Rule Soul
But few prize honour more than money.
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Honor Money Prize
No grief reaches the dead.
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Death Grief One Liner Reach
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
Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour.
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Beginning Care Execution Zeal
To someone seeking power, the poorest man is the most useful.
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Deep Man Poor Power Seek
Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.
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Bad Measurement Origin
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
The Gods being good and making all things, there is no positive evil, it only comes by absence of good; just as darkness itself does not exist, but only comes about by absence of light.
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Absence Darkness Existence God Goodness Light Positive
Get good counsel before you begin; and when you have decided, act promptly.
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Act Counsel Decision Goodness Prompt
To like and dislike the same things that is indeed true friendship.
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Bond Friendship True
A good man prefers to suffer rather than overcome injustice with evil.
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Evil Goodness Justice Man Preference
A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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Defeat Goodness Justice Man
Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.
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Growth Old Rise
Necessity makes even the timid brave.
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Brave Circumstance Coward Necessary

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