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It is sweet to surve one country by deeds, and it is not absurd to surve her by words.

Sallust

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
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
Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
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Desire Liberty Master Men
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
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
The glory of ancestors sheds a light around posterity; it allows neither good nor bad qualities to remain in obscurity.
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Ancestor Bad Glory Goodness Light Obscurity Quality
Advise well before you begin, and when you have maturely considered, then act with promptitude.
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Act Advice Beginning Mature
But few prize honour more than money.
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Honor Money Prize
The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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High Liberty Station Yourself
It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.
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Beginning Difficult Easy Oneself Stop
For harmony makes small states great, while discord undermines the mightiest empires.
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Empire Greatness Harmony Small State
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
To desire the same things and to reject the same things, constitutes true friendship.
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Desire Friendship Reject
In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery.
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Arms Bribe Force Opinion Shame
The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.
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Captain Life Moral Rule Soul
Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself.
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Greatness Reward

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