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

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All persons who are enthusiastic that they should transcend the other animals ought to strive with the utmost effort not to pass through a life of silence, like cattle, which nature has fashioned to be prone and obedient to their stomachs.
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Animal Effort Nature Obedience Person Stomach Transcend
In my opinion, he only may be truly said to live and enjoy his being who is engaged in some laudable pursuit, and acquires a name by some illustrious action, or useful art.
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Action Enjoyment Illustration Live Myself Name Opinion Pursuit True
Fame is the shadow of passion standing in the light.
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Fame Light Passion Shadow Stand
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
It is impossible that there should be so much providence in the last details, and none in the first principles. Then the arts of prophecy and of healing, which are part of the cosmos, come of the good providence of the Gods.
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Cosmos Detail God Healing Impossible Principle
To like and dislike the same things that is indeed true friendship.
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Bond Friendship True
One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.
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Assume Conceal Himself
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
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
There were few who preferred honor to money.
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Honor Money Preference
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
Of the bodies in the cosmos, some imitate mind and move in orbits; some imitate soul and move in a straight line, fire and air upward, earth and water downward.
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Body Cosmos Down Imitation Move On Soul Water
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
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
For men who had easily endured hardship, danger and difficult uncertainty, leisure and riches, though in some ways desirable, proved burdensome and a source of grief.
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Dangerous Desire Easy Endurance Men Source Way
But assuredly Fortune rules in all things; she raised to eminence or buries in oblivion everything from caprice rather than from well-regulated principle.
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Assurance Bury Fate Fortune Principle Raise Rule
Each man the architect of his own fate.
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Architect Fate Himself 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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Animal Best Life Man Obedience Stomach Through
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
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
Prosperity tries the souls even of the wise.
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Prosperity Soul Try Wisdom
Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.
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Bad Measurement Origin
They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.
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Jealous Method Myself Win
By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.
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Destroy Greatness Small State Thrive
The very life which we enjoy is short.
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Enjoyment Life One Liner Short
Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
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Decay Fall Life Philosophy Rise

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