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Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.

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The glory of ancestors sheds a light around posterity; it allows neither good nor bad qualities to remain in obscurity.
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Ancestor Bad Glory Goodness Light Obscurity Quality
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
Fame is the shadow of passion standing in the light.
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Fame Light Passion Shadow Stand
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 enough to take up arms, but very difficult to lay them down; the commencement and the termination of war are not necessarily in the same hands; even a coward may begin, but the end comes only when the victors are willing.
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Coward Difficult Easy Enough Hands Necessary War Willing
In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery.
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Arms Bribe Force Opinion Shame
Harmony makes small things grow; lack of it makes great things decay.
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Decay Deep Greatness Growth Harmony
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
It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.
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Beginning Difficult Easy Oneself Stop
Distinguished ancestors shed a powerful light on their descendants, and forbid the concealment either of their merits or of their demerits.
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Advice Ancestor Help Light Powerful
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
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
Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
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Desire Liberty Master Men
By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.
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Destroy Greatness Small State Thrive
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

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