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The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.

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He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.
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Angry Deep Emotion Feeling Himself
Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.
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Bad Measurement Origin
Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
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Desire Liberty Master Men
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
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
A good man prefers to suffer rather than overcome injustice with evil.
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Evil Goodness Justice Man Preference
By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.
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Destroy Greatness Small State Thrive
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
Fortune rules in all things, and advances and depresses things more out of her own will than right and justice.
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Depression Fortune Justice Rule Willing
We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.
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Body Employment Mindset Rule Serve
Neither the army nor the treasury, but friends, are the true supports of the throne; for friends cannot be collected by force of arms, nor purchased with money; they are the offspring of kindness and sincerity.
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Army Collection Force Kindness Kingdom Money Sincere Support Treasure True
When the prizes fall to the lot of the wicked, you will not find many who are virtuous for virtue’s sake.
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Fall Finding Prize Virtue Yourself
Small endeavours obtain strength by unity of action: the most powerful are broken down by discord.
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Action Break Discord Small Strength Unity
There were few who preferred honor to money.
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Honor Money Preference
The firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes.
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Friendship Identity Nature
To have the same desires and the same aversion is assuredly a firm bond of friendship.
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Bond Desire Friendship

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