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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 higher your station, the less your liberty.
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High Liberty Station Yourself
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
Among intellectual pursuits, one of the most useful is the recording of past events.
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Event Intellectual Past Pursuit
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
To like and dislike the same things that is indeed true friendship.
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Bond Friendship True
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
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
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
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
For harmony makes small states great, while discord undermines the mightiest empires.
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Empire Greatness Harmony Small State
Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
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Decay Fall Life Philosophy Rise
The Gods being good and making all things, there is no positive evil, it only comes by absence of good; just as darkness itself does not exist, but only comes about by absence of light.
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Absence Darkness Existence God Goodness Light Positive
He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.
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Angry Deep Emotion Feeling Himself
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
The poorest of men are the most useful to those seeking power.
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Man Poor Power Seek Useful
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
By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
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Dread Goodness Wicked
To have the same desires and the same aversion is assuredly a firm bond of friendship.
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Bond Desire Friendship
Prosperity tries the souls even of the wise.
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Prosperity Soul Try Wisdom
No grief reaches the dead.
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Death Grief One Liner Reach
Necessity makes even the timid brave.
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Brave Circumstance Coward Necessary
Get good counsel before you begin; and when you have decided, act promptly.
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Act Counsel Decision Goodness Prompt
It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.
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Beginning Difficult Easy Oneself Stop
Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.
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Ambition Blood Bond Break Forget Gratitude Obligation
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
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
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

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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