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

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Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
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Decay Fall Life Philosophy Rise
Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself.
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Greatness Reward
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
One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.
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Assume Conceal Himself
By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.
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Destroy Greatness Small State Thrive
They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.
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Jealous Method Myself Win
In victory even the cowardly like to boast, while in adverse times even the brave are discredited.
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Brave Coward Credit Time Victory
The firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes.
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Friendship Identity Nature
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
No grief reaches the dead.
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Death Grief One Liner Reach
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
Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour.
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Beginning Care Execution Zeal
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
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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Arrogance Art Change Creation Easy Fortune Justice Original Place Preserve
It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.
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Beginning Difficult Easy Oneself Stop

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

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