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

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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
Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.
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Bad Measurement Origin
No man underestimates the wrongs he suffers; many take them more seriously than is right.
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Himself Man Right Serious Suffering Wrong
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
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
To desire the same things and to reject the same things, constitutes true friendship.
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Desire Friendship Reject
The firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes.
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Friendship Identity Nature
A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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Defeat Goodness Justice Man
Poor Britons, there is some good in them after all – they produced an oyster.
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Goodness Pearl Production
There were few who preferred honor to money.
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Honor Money Preference
To hope for safety in flight, when you have turned away from the enemy the arms by which the body is defended, is indeed madness. In battle those who are most afraid are always in most danger; but courage is equivalent to rampart.
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Afraid Body Courage Defeat Enemy Equivalent Hope Madness Safety
Each man the architect of his own fate.
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Architect Fate Himself Man
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
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
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 glory of wealth and of beauty is fleeting and frail; virtue is illustrious and everlasting.
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Beautiful Glory Illustration Virtue Wealth

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