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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 firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes.
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Friendship Identity Nature
He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.
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Angry Deep Emotion Feeling Himself
To desire the same things and to reject the same things, constitutes true friendship.
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Desire Friendship Reject
Before you act consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.
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Act Action Consider Time Yourself
It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.
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Beginning Difficult Easy Oneself Stop
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
Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.
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Bad Measurement Origin
Enough words, little wisdom.
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Enough Wisdom Word
The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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High Liberty Station Yourself
To like and dislike the same things that is indeed true friendship.
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Bond Friendship True
Poor Britons, there is some good in them after all – they produced an oyster.
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Goodness Pearl Production
Prosperity tries the souls even of the wise.
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Prosperity Soul Try Wisdom
The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.
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Captain Life Moral Rule Soul
Among intellectual pursuits, one of the most useful is the recording of past events.
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Event Intellectual Past Pursuit
The Gods being good and making all things, there is no positive evil, it only comes by absence of good; just as darkness itself does not exist, but only comes about by absence of light.
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Absence Darkness Existence God Goodness Light Positive
Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
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Desire Liberty Master Men

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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