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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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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
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
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 always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.
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Beginning Difficult Easy Oneself Stop
Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.
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Community Discord Greatness Harmony Oneself Pieces Small
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
One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.
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Assume Conceal Himself
Enough words, little wisdom.
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Enough Wisdom Word
In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.
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Battle Brave Coward Defense Risk Run
A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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Defeat Goodness Justice Man
Fame is the shadow of passion standing in the light.
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Fame Light Passion Shadow Stand
Harmony makes small things grow; lack of it makes great things decay.
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Decay Deep Greatness Growth Harmony
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 soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.
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Captain Life Moral Rule Soul
Prosperity tries the souls even of the wise.
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Prosperity Soul Try Wisdom
For harmony makes small states great, while discord undermines the mightiest empires.
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Empire Greatness Harmony Small State

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