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In victory even the cowardly like to boast, while in adverse times even the brave are discredited.

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Of the bodies in the cosmos, some imitate mind and move in orbits; some imitate soul and move in a straight line, fire and air upward, earth and water downward.
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Body Cosmos Down Imitation Move On Soul Water
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
To like and dislike the same things that is indeed true friendship.
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Bond Friendship True
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
Advise well before you begin, and when you have maturely considered, then act with promptitude.
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Act Advice Beginning Mature
For men who had easily endured hardship, danger and difficult uncertainty, leisure and riches, though in some ways desirable, proved burdensome and a source of grief.
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Dangerous Desire Easy Endurance Men Source Way
It is a law of human nature that in victory even the coward may boast of his prowess, while defeat injures the reputation even of the brave.
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Brave Defeat Himself Human Law Nature Reputation Victory
It is always easy enough to take up arms, but very difficult to lay them down; the commencement and the termination of war are not necessarily in the same hands; even a coward may begin, but the end comes only when the victors are willing.
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Coward Difficult Easy Enough Hands Necessary War Willing
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
All men who would surpass the other animals should do their best not to pass through life silently like the beasts whom nature made prone, obedient to their bellies.
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Animal Best Life Man Obedience Stomach Through
Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
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Decay Fall Life Philosophy Rise
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
Greedy for the property of others, extravagant with his own
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Himself Own Property
Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself.
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Greatness Reward
There were few who preferred honor to money.
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Honor Money Preference
The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.
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Captain Life Moral Rule Soul

In victory even the cowardly like to boast, while in adverse times even the brave are discredited.

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