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Fortune rules in all things, and advances and depresses things more out of her own will than right and justice.

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Advise well before you begin, and when you have maturely considered, then act with promptitude.
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Act Advice Beginning Mature
A good man prefers to suffer rather than overcome injustice with evil.
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Evil Goodness Justice Man Preference
The very life which we enjoy is short.
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Enjoyment Life One Liner Short
Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
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Decay Fall Life Philosophy Rise
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
All persons who are enthusiastic that they should transcend the other animals ought to strive with the utmost effort not to pass through a life of silence, like cattle, which nature has fashioned to be prone and obedient to their stomachs.
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Animal Effort Nature Obedience Person Stomach Transcend
No grief reaches the dead.
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Death Grief One Liner Reach
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
Prosperity tries the souls even of the wise.
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Prosperity Soul Try Wisdom
Poor Britons, there is some good in them after all – they produced an oyster.
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Goodness Pearl Production
Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
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Evaporate Feeling General Move Tears Weakness Word
The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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High Liberty Station Yourself
To desire the same things and to reject the same things, constitutes true friendship.
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Desire Friendship Reject
Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour.
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Beginning Care Execution Zeal
By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.
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Destroy Greatness Small State Thrive
By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
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Dread Goodness Wicked

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