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

Sallust

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
Greedy for the property of others, extravagant with his own
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Himself Own Property
But few prize honour more than money.
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Honor Money Prize
Each man the architect of his own fate.
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Architect Fate Himself Man
Advise well before you begin, and when you have maturely considered, then act with promptitude.
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Act Advice Beginning Mature
Distinguished ancestors shed a powerful light on their descendants, and forbid the concealment either of their merits or of their demerits.
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Advice Ancestor Help Light Powerful
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
But the case has proved that to be true which Appius says in his songs, that each man is the maker of his own fate.
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Creator Fate Man Song True
No grief reaches the dead.
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Death Grief One Liner Reach
Of the cosmic Gods some make the world be, others animate it, others harmonize it, consisting as it does of different elements; the fourth class keep it when harmonized.
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Animate Consist Cosmos God Harmony
Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself.
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Greatness Reward
Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.
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Friendship Honesty Money Soldier
The fame which is based on wealth or beauty is a frail and fleeting thing; but virtue shines for ages with undiminished lustre.
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Age Fame Luster Virtual Wealth
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
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

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

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