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

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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
Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.
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Ambition Blood Bond Break Forget Gratitude Obligation
Of the cosmic Gods some make the world be, others animate it, others harmonize it, consisting as it does of different elements; the fourth class keep it when harmonized.
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Animate Consist Cosmos God Harmony
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
Get good counsel before you begin; and when you have decided, act promptly.
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Act Counsel Decision Goodness Prompt
Before you act consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.
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Act Action Consider Time Yourself
Advise well before you begin, and when you have maturely considered, then act with promptitude.
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Act Advice Beginning Mature
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 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
One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.
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Assume Conceal Himself
In my opinion, he only may be truly said to live and enjoy his being who is engaged in some laudable pursuit, and acquires a name by some illustrious action, or useful art.
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Action Enjoyment Illustration Live Myself Name Opinion Pursuit True
The very life which we enjoy is short.
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Enjoyment Life One Liner Short
We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.
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Body Employment Mindset Rule Serve
By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.
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Destroy Greatness Small State Thrive
To someone seeking power, the poorest man is the most useful.
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Deep Man Poor Power Seek
They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.
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Jealous Method Myself Win
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
Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.
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Bad Measurement Origin
Necessity makes even the timid brave.
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Brave Circumstance Coward Necessary
A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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Defeat Goodness Justice Man
There were few who preferred honor to money.
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Honor Money Preference
But few prize honour more than money.
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Honor Money Prize
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
The firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes.
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Friendship Identity Nature
The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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High Liberty Station Yourself
Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself.
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Greatness Reward
It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.
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Beginning Difficult Easy Oneself Stop

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