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No man underestimates the wrongs he suffers; many take them more seriously than is right.

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Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.
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Community Discord Greatness Harmony Oneself Pieces Small
The poorest of men are the most useful to those seeking power.
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Man Poor Power Seek Useful
Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue.
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Ambition Drive Fake Lock Man Ready Thinking
Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.
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Bad Measurement Origin
But the case has proved that to be true which Appius says in his songs, that each man is the maker of his own fate.
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Creator Fate Man Song True
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
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
In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery.
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Arms Bribe Force Opinion Shame
There were few who preferred honor to money.
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Honor Money Preference
It is better to use fair means and fail, than foul and conquer.
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Better Conquer Failure Right Rule Win
One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.
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Assume Conceal Himself
He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.
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Angry Deep Emotion Feeling Himself
The very life which we enjoy is short.
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Enjoyment Life One Liner Short
Enough words, little wisdom.
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Enough Wisdom Word
In my own case, who have spent my whole life in the practice of virtue, right conduct from habitual has become natural.
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Character Life Natural Practice Right Virtue
But few prize honour more than money.
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Honor Money Prize

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