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To have the same desires and the same aversion is assuredly a firm bond of friendship.

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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
Get good counsel before you begin; and when you have decided, act promptly.
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Act Counsel Decision Goodness Prompt
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
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
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 man who is roused neither by glory nor by danger it is in vain to exhort; terror closes the ears of the mind.
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Dangerous Glory Man Mindset Terror
Fame is the shadow of passion standing in the light.
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Fame Light Passion Shadow Stand
A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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Defeat Goodness Justice Man
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
Harmony makes small things grow; lack of it makes great things decay.
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Decay Deep Greatness Growth Harmony
No grief reaches the dead.
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Death Grief One Liner Reach
Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
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Decay Fall Life Philosophy Rise
As the blessings of health and fortune have a beginning, so they must also find an end. Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
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Beginning Blessing Decay Fortune Health
Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour.
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Beginning Care Execution Zeal
All persons who are enthusiastic that they should transcend the other animals ought to strive with the utmost effort not to pass through a life of silence, like cattle, which nature has fashioned to be prone and obedient to their stomachs.
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Animal Effort Nature Obedience Person Stomach Transcend
The firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes.
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Friendship Identity Nature

To have the same desires and the same aversion is assuredly a firm bond of friendship.

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