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The Romans assisted their allies and friends, and acquired friendships by giving rather than receiving kindness.

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The firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes.
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Friendship Identity Nature
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
The man who is roused neither by glory nor by danger it is in vain to exhort; terror closes the ears of the mind.
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Dangerous Glory Man Mindset Terror
Before you act consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.
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Act Action Consider Time Yourself
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
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
Enough words, little wisdom.
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Enough Wisdom Word
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
A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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Defeat Goodness Justice Man
All persons who are enthusiastic that they should transcend the other animals ought to strive with the utmost effort not to pass through a life of silence, like cattle, which nature has fashioned to be prone and obedient to their stomachs.
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Animal Effort Nature Obedience Person Stomach Transcend
Since we have received everything from the Gods, and it is right to pay the giver some tithe of his gifts, we pay such a tithe of possessions in votive offering, of bodies in gifts of (hair and) adornment, and of life in sacrifices.
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Body Gift God Pay Possession Received Sacrifice
No grief reaches the dead.
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Death Grief One Liner Reach
The poorest of men are the most useful to those seeking power.
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Man Poor Power Seek Useful
Among intellectual pursuits, one of the most useful is the recording of past events.
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Event Intellectual Past Pursuit
The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.
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Captain Life Moral Rule Soul
To someone seeking power, the poorest man is the most useful.
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Deep Man Poor Power Seek

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