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All men who would surpass the other animals should do their best not to pass through life silently like the beasts whom nature made prone, obedient to their bellies.

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It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.
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Beginning Difficult Easy Oneself Stop
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
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
The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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High Liberty Station Yourself
Since we have received everything from the Gods, and it is right to pay the giver some tithe of his gifts, we pay such a tithe of possessions in votive offering, of bodies in gifts of (hair and) adornment, and of life in sacrifices.
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Body Gift God Pay Possession Received Sacrifice
As the blessings of health and fortune have a beginning, so they must also find an end. Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
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Beginning Blessing Decay Fortune Health
Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour.
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Beginning Care Execution Zeal
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
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
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
Among intellectual pursuits, one of the most useful is the recording of past events.
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Event Intellectual Past Pursuit
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
Greedy for the property of others, extravagant with his own
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Himself Own Property
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
There were few who preferred honor to money.
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Honor Money Preference
A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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Defeat Goodness Justice Man

All men who would surpass the other animals should do their best not to pass through life silently like the beasts whom nature made prone, obedient to their bellies.

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All men who would surpass the other animals should do their best not to pass through life silently like the beasts whom nature made prone, obedient to their bellies.

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