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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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The glory of wealth and of beauty is fleeting and frail; virtue is illustrious and everlasting.
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Beautiful Glory Illustration Virtue Wealth
The fame which is based on wealth or beauty is a frail and fleeting thing; but virtue shines for ages with undiminished lustre.
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Age Fame Luster Virtual Wealth
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
Everything destroyed is either resolved into the elements from which it came, or else vanishes into not-being. If things are resolved into the elements from which they came, then there will be others: else how did they come into being at all?
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Destroy Element Existence
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
Each man the architect of his own fate.
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Architect Fate Himself Man
Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
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Hard Work Modesty Possible Talk Yourself
To like and dislike the same things that is indeed true friendship.
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Bond Friendship True
We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.
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Body Employment Mindset Rule Serve
Among intellectual pursuits, one of the most useful is the recording of past events.
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Event Intellectual Past Pursuit
Distinguished ancestors shed a powerful light on their descendants, and forbid the concealment either of their merits or of their demerits.
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Advice Ancestor Help Light Powerful
For harmony makes small states great, while discord undermines the mightiest empires.
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Empire Greatness Harmony Small State
It is better to use fair means and fail, than foul and conquer.
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Better Conquer Failure Right Rule Win
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
Poor Britons, there is some good in them after all – they produced an oyster.
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Goodness Pearl Production

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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