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

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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
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 Romans assisted their allies and friends, and acquired friendships by giving rather than receiving kindness.
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Assistance Friendship Kindness Receive Roman
All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
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Angry Doubt Friendship Hate Pity
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
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
Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
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Decay Fall Life Philosophy Rise
Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself.
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Greatness Reward
Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.
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Growth Old Rise
By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
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Dread Goodness Wicked
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
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 riches and of beauty is frail and transitory; virtue remains bright and eternal.
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Beautiful Bright Forever Fragile Glory Rich
Each man the architect of his own fate.
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Architect Fate Himself Man
To desire the same things and to reject the same things, constitutes true friendship.
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Desire Friendship Reject

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

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