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Sovereignty is easily preserved by the very arts by which it was originally created. When, however, energy has given place to indifference, and temperance and justice to passion and arrogance, then as the morals change so changes fortune.

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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
By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.
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Destroy Greatness Small State Thrive
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 fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.
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Beautiful Fame Forever Glory Intellectual Possession Wealth
Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself.
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Greatness Reward
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
Not by vows nor by womanish prayers is the help of the gods obtained; success comes through vigilance, energy, wise counsel.
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Counsel Energy God Help Prayer Promise Success Vow Wisdom
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
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
To hope for safety in flight, when you have turned away from the enemy the arms by which the body is defended, is indeed madness. In battle those who are most afraid are always in most danger; but courage is equivalent to rampart.
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Afraid Body Courage Defeat Enemy Equivalent Hope Madness Safety
It is better to use fair means and fail, than foul and conquer.
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Better Conquer Failure Right Rule Win
But at power or wealth, for the sake of which wars, and all kinds of strife, arise among mankind, we do not aim; we desire only our liberty, which no honorable man relinquishes but with his life.
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Desire Himself Kind Liberty Life Man Power War Wealth
A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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Defeat Goodness Justice Man
All those who offer an opinion on any doubtful point should first clear their minds of every sentiment of dislike, friendship, anger or pity.
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Angry Doubt Friendship Offering Opinion
Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.
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Growth Old Rise
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

Sovereignty is easily preserved by the very arts by which it was originally created. When, however, energy has given place to indifference, and temperance and justice to passion and arrogance, then as the morals change so changes fortune.

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Sovereignty is easily preserved by the very arts by which it was originally created. When, however, energy has given place to indifference, and temperance and justice to passion and arrogance, then as the morals change so changes fortune.

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