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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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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
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
It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.
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Beginning Difficult Easy Oneself Stop
The man who is roused neither by glory nor by danger it is in vain to exhort; terror closes the ears of the mind.
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Dangerous Glory Man Mindset Terror
Fame is the shadow of passion standing in the light.
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Fame Light Passion Shadow Stand
One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.
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Assume Conceal Himself
To have the same desires and the same aversion is assuredly a firm bond of friendship.
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Bond Desire Friendship
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
To like and dislike the same things that is indeed true friendship.
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Bond Friendship True
Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
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Decay Fall Life Philosophy Rise
Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.
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Ambition Blood Bond Break Forget Gratitude Obligation
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
Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.
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Bad Measurement Origin
Each man the architect of his own fate.
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Architect Fate Himself Man
To someone seeking power, the poorest man is the most useful.
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Deep Man Poor Power Seek
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

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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