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

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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
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
No mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best interests.
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Best Interest Man Mortal Passion Serve Time
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 have the same desires and the same aversion is assuredly a firm bond of friendship.
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It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.
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Beginning Difficult Easy Oneself Stop
A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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Defeat Goodness Justice Man
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
Harmony makes small things grow; lack of it makes great things decay.
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Decay Deep Greatness Growth Harmony
But assuredly Fortune rules in all things; she raised to eminence or buries in oblivion everything from caprice rather than from well-regulated principle.
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Assurance Bury Fate Fortune Principle Raise Rule
The Romans assisted their allies and friends, and acquired friendships by giving rather than receiving kindness.
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Assistance Friendship Kindness Receive Roman
As the blessings of health and fortune have a beginning, so they must also find an end. Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
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A good man prefers to suffer rather than overcome injustice with evil.
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Evil Goodness Justice Man Preference
The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession.
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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

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

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