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The glory of riches and of beauty is frail and transitory; virtue remains bright and eternal.

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Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
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Desire Liberty Master Men
Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others.
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Afraid Bad Goodness Trust Virtue
Small endeavours obtain strength by unity of action: the most powerful are broken down by discord.
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Action Break Discord Small Strength Unity
To have the same desires and the same aversion is assuredly a firm bond of friendship.
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Bond Desire Friendship
We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.
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Body Employment Mindset Rule Serve
Most honorable are services rendered to the State; even if they do not go beyond words, they are not to be despised.
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Beyond Despise Honor Service State Word
A good man prefers to suffer rather than overcome injustice with evil.
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Evil Goodness Justice Man Preference
Of the cosmic Gods some make the world be, others animate it, others harmonize it, consisting as it does of different elements; the fourth class keep it when harmonized.
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Animate Consist Cosmos God Harmony
Poor Britons, there is some good in them after all – they produced an oyster.
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Goodness Pearl Production
It is sweet to surve one country by deeds, and it is not absurd to surve her by words.
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Country Herself Madness Sweet Word
To someone seeking power, the poorest man is the most useful.
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Deep Man Poor Power Seek
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
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
Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
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Decay Fall Life Philosophy Rise
Before you act consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.
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Act Action Consider Time Yourself
The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession.
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Beautiful Excellence Mental Possession Rich

The glory of riches and of beauty is frail and transitory; virtue remains bright and eternal.

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