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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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The Romans assisted their allies and friends, and acquired friendships by giving rather than receiving kindness.
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Assistance Friendship Kindness Receive Roman
Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself.
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Greatness Reward
Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.
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Bad Measurement Origin
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
It is impossible that there should be so much providence in the last details, and none in the first principles. Then the arts of prophecy and of healing, which are part of the cosmos, come of the good providence of the Gods.
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Cosmos Detail God Healing Impossible Principle
Harmony makes small things grow; lack of it makes great things decay.
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Decay Deep Greatness Growth Harmony
It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.
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Beginning Difficult Easy Oneself Stop
Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.
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Friendship Honesty Money Soldier
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
To someone seeking power, the poorest man is the most useful.
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Deep Man Poor Power Seek
Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
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Hard Work Modesty Possible Talk Yourself
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
For harmony makes small states great, while discord undermines the mightiest empires.
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Empire Greatness Harmony Small State
Poor Britons, there is some good in them after all – they produced an oyster.
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Goodness Pearl Production
Fame is the shadow of passion standing in the light.
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Fame Light Passion Shadow Stand
Necessity makes even the timid brave.
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Brave Circumstance Coward Necessary

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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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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