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Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour.

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It is sweet to surve one country by deeds, and it is not absurd to surve her by words.
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Country Herself Madness Sweet Word
Poor Britons, there is some good in them after all – they produced an oyster.
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Goodness Pearl Production
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
The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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High Liberty Station Yourself
Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.
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Ambition Blood Bond Break Forget Gratitude Obligation
Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
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Desire Liberty Master Men
Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
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Hard Work Modesty Possible Talk Yourself
But at power or wealth, for the sake of which wars, and all kinds of strife, arise among mankind, we do not aim; we desire only our liberty, which no honorable man relinquishes but with his life.
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Desire Himself Kind Liberty Life Man Power War Wealth
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
Necessity makes even the timid brave.
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Brave Circumstance Coward Necessary
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
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 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
To have the same desires and the same aversion is assuredly a firm bond of friendship.
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Bond Desire Friendship
The glory of ancestors sheds a light around posterity; it allows neither good nor bad qualities to remain in obscurity.
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Ancestor Bad Glory Goodness Light Obscurity Quality
To someone seeking power, the poorest man is the most useful.
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Deep Man Poor Power Seek

Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour.

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