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Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.

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It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.
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Beginning Difficult Easy Oneself Stop
Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself.
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Greatness Reward
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
A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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Defeat Goodness Justice Man
Advise well before you begin, and when you have maturely considered, then act with promptitude.
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Act Advice Beginning Mature
Of the bodies in the cosmos, some imitate mind and move in orbits; some imitate soul and move in a straight line, fire and air upward, earth and water downward.
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Body Cosmos Down Imitation Move On Soul Water
There were few who preferred honor to money.
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Honor Money Preference
The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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High Liberty Station Yourself
The glory of wealth and of beauty is fleeting and frail; virtue is illustrious and everlasting.
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Beautiful Glory Illustration Virtue Wealth
Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.
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Growth Old Rise
But few prize honour more than money.
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Honor Money Prize
Get good counsel before you begin; and when you have decided, act promptly.
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Act Counsel Decision Goodness Prompt
Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.
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Bad Measurement Origin
To desire the same things and to reject the same things, constitutes true friendship.
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Desire Friendship Reject
To have the same desires and the same aversion is assuredly a firm bond of friendship.
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Bond Desire Friendship
Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.
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Community Discord Greatness Harmony Oneself Pieces Small

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