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No grief reaches the dead.

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But assuredly Fortune rules in all things; she raised to eminence or buries in oblivion everything from caprice rather than from well-regulated principle.
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Assurance Bury Fate Fortune Principle Raise Rule
By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.
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Destroy Greatness Small State Thrive
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
Necessity makes even the timid brave.
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Brave Circumstance Coward Necessary
For harmony makes small states great, while discord undermines the mightiest empires.
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Empire Greatness Harmony Small State
But few prize honour more than money.
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Honor Money Prize
Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour.
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Beginning Care Execution Zeal
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
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
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
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
Fame is the shadow of passion standing in the light.
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Fame Light Passion Shadow Stand
He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.
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Angry Deep Emotion Feeling Himself
Among intellectual pursuits, one of the most useful is the recording of past events.
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Event Intellectual Past Pursuit
One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.
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Assume Conceal Himself
Neither the army nor the treasury, but friends, are the true supports of the throne; for friends cannot be collected by force of arms, nor purchased with money; they are the offspring of kindness and sincerity.
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Army Collection Force Kindness Kingdom Money Sincere Support Treasure True

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