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By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.

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All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
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Angry Doubt Friendship Hate Pity
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
One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.
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Assume Conceal Himself
To desire the same things and to reject the same things, constitutes true friendship.
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Desire Friendship Reject
It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.
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Beginning Difficult Easy Oneself Stop
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
Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.
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Community Discord Greatness Harmony Oneself Pieces Small
Harmony makes small things grow; lack of it makes great things decay.
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Decay Deep Greatness Growth Harmony
Not by vows nor by womanish prayers is the help of the gods obtained; success comes through vigilance, energy, wise counsel.
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Counsel Energy God Help Prayer Promise Success Vow Wisdom
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
No mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best interests.
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Best Interest Man Mortal Passion Serve Time
Greedy for the property of others, extravagant with his own
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Himself Own Property
To like and dislike the same things that is indeed true friendship.
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Bond Friendship True
Prosperity tries the souls even of the wise.
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Prosperity Soul Try Wisdom
Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself.
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Greatness Reward
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

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