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

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Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.
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Bad Measurement Origin
By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
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Dread Goodness Wicked
The glory of riches and of beauty is frail and transitory; virtue remains bright and eternal.
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Beautiful Bright Forever Fragile Glory Rich
Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.
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Growth Old Rise
Harmony makes small things grow; lack of it makes great things decay.
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Decay Deep Greatness Growth Harmony
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
To someone seeking power, the poorest man is the most useful.
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Deep Man Poor Power Seek
The poorest of men are the most useful to those seeking power.
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Man Poor Power Seek Useful
Poor Britons, there is some good in them after all – they produced an oyster.
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Goodness Pearl Production
It is better to use fair means and fail, than foul and conquer.
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Better Conquer Failure Right Rule Win
Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself.
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Greatness Reward
A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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Defeat Goodness Justice Man
It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.
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Beginning Difficult Easy Oneself Stop
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
The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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High Liberty Station Yourself
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
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
A good man prefers to suffer rather than overcome injustice with evil.
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Evil Goodness Justice Man Preference
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
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
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
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
In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.
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Battle Brave Coward Defense Risk Run
For men who had easily endured hardship, danger and difficult uncertainty, leisure and riches, though in some ways desirable, proved burdensome and a source of grief.
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Dangerous Desire Easy Endurance Men Source Way
He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.
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Angry Deep Emotion Feeling Himself
To desire the same things and to reject the same things, constitutes true friendship.
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Desire Friendship Reject
Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
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Hard Work Modesty Possible Talk Yourself

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

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