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By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.

Sallust

Most honorable are services rendered to the State; even if they do not go beyond words, they are not to be despised.
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Beyond Despise Honor Service State Word
To hope for safety in flight, when you have turned away from the enemy the arms by which the body is defended, is indeed madness. In battle those who are most afraid are always in most danger; but courage is equivalent to rampart.
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Afraid Body Courage Defeat Enemy Equivalent Hope Madness Safety
Each man the architect of his own fate.
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Architect Fate Himself Man
Harmony makes small things grow; lack of it makes great things decay.
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Decay Deep Greatness Growth Harmony
No man underestimates the wrongs he suffers; many take them more seriously than is right.
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Himself Man Right Serious Suffering Wrong
Before you act consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.
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Act Action Consider Time Yourself
To like and dislike the same things that is indeed true friendship.
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Bond Friendship True
No grief reaches the dead.
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Death Grief One Liner Reach
Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others.
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Afraid Bad Goodness Trust Virtue
The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.
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Beautiful Fame Forever Glory Intellectual Possession Wealth
In my own case, who have spent my whole life in the practice of virtue, right conduct from habitual has become natural.
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Character Life Natural Practice Right Virtue
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
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
Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
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Decay Fall Life Philosophy Rise
Fame is the shadow of passion standing in the light.
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Fame Light Passion Shadow Stand
Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
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Hard Work Modesty Possible Talk Yourself

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