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The glory of wealth and of beauty is fleeting and frail; virtue is illustrious and everlasting.

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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
Harmony makes small things grow; lack of it makes great things decay.
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Decay Deep Greatness Growth Harmony
Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour.
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Beginning Care Execution Zeal
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
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
The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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High Liberty Station Yourself
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
Fame is the shadow of passion standing in the light.
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Fame Light Passion Shadow Stand
Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others.
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Afraid Bad Goodness Trust Virtue
But the case has proved that to be true which Appius says in his songs, that each man is the maker of his own fate.
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Creator Fate Man Song True
Advise well before you begin, and when you have maturely considered, then act with promptitude.
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Act Advice Beginning Mature
Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.
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Growth Old Rise
The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.
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Captain Life Moral Rule Soul
Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.
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Friendship Honesty Money Soldier
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
In my own case, who have spent my whole life in the practice of virtue, right conduct from habitual has become natural.
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Character Life Natural Practice Right Virtue

The glory of wealth and of beauty is fleeting and frail; virtue is illustrious and everlasting.

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