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The Romans assisted their allies and friends, and acquired friendships by giving rather than receiving kindness.
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Assistance Friendship Kindness Receive Roman
He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.
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Angry Deep Emotion Feeling Himself
Advise well before you begin, and when you have maturely considered, then act with promptitude.
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Act Advice Beginning Mature
Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.
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Community Discord Greatness Harmony Oneself Pieces Small
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
No mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best interests.
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Best Interest Man Mortal Passion Serve Time
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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Fall Finding Prize Virtue Yourself
Poor Britons, there is some good in them after all – they produced an oyster.
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Goodness Pearl Production
Fame is the shadow of passion standing in the light.
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Fame Light Passion Shadow Stand
All those who offer an opinion on any doubtful point should first clear their minds of every sentiment of dislike, friendship, anger or pity.
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Angry Doubt Friendship Offering Opinion
It is better to use fair means and fail, than foul and conquer.
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Better Conquer Failure Right Rule Win
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
Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
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Desire Liberty Master Men
But at power or wealth, for the sake of which wars, and all kinds of strife, arise among mankind, we do not aim; we desire only our liberty, which no honorable man relinquishes but with his life.
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Desire Himself Kind Liberty Life Man Power War Wealth
But few prize honour more than money.
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Honor Money Prize
To have the same desires and the same aversion is assuredly a firm bond of friendship.
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Bond Desire Friendship

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