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There were few who preferred honor to money.

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The very life which we enjoy is short.
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Enjoyment Life One Liner Short
The man who is roused neither by glory nor by danger it is in vain to exhort; terror closes the ears of the mind.
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Dangerous Glory Man Mindset Terror
The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession.
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Beautiful Excellence Mental Possession Rich
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
It is sweet to surve one country by deeds, and it is not absurd to surve her by words.
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Country Herself Madness Sweet Word
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
Get good counsel before you begin; and when you have decided, act promptly.
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Act Counsel Decision Goodness Prompt
It is better to use fair means and fail, than foul and conquer.
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Better Conquer Failure Right Rule Win
The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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High Liberty Station Yourself
Before you act consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.
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Act Action Consider Time Yourself
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
To have the same desires and the same aversion is assuredly a firm bond of friendship.
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Bond Desire Friendship
Poor Britons, there is some good in them after all – they produced an oyster.
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Goodness Pearl Production
For harmony makes small states great, while discord undermines the mightiest empires.
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Empire Greatness Harmony Small State
But few prize honour more than money.
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Honor Money Prize
Harmony makes small things grow; lack of it makes great things decay.
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Decay Deep Greatness Growth Harmony

There were few who preferred honor to money.

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