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Get good counsel before you begin; and when you have decided, act promptly.

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Before you act consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.
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Act Action Consider Time Yourself
Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
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Decay Fall Life Philosophy Rise
There were few who preferred honor to money.
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Honor Money Preference
To hope for safety in flight, when you have turned away from the enemy the arms by which the body is defended, is indeed madness. In battle those who are most afraid are always in most danger; but courage is equivalent to rampart.
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Afraid Body Courage Defeat Enemy Equivalent Hope Madness Safety
The firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes.
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Friendship Identity Nature
Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself.
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Greatness Reward
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
Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others.
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Afraid Bad Goodness Trust Virtue
It is better to use fair means and fail, than foul and conquer.
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Better Conquer Failure Right Rule Win
We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.
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Body Employment Mindset Rule Serve
A good man prefers to suffer rather than overcome injustice with evil.
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Evil Goodness Justice Man Preference
Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
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Evaporate Feeling General Move Tears Weakness Word
The poorest of men are the most useful to those seeking power.
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Man Poor Power Seek Useful
Fortune rules in all things, and advances and depresses things more out of her own will than right and justice.
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Depression Fortune Justice Rule Willing
For harmony makes small states great, while discord undermines the mightiest empires.
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Empire Greatness Harmony Small State
The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.
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Captain Life Moral Rule Soul

Get good counsel before you begin; and when you have decided, act promptly.

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Get good counsel before you begin; and when you have decided, act promptly.

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