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To like and dislike the same things that is indeed true friendship.

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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
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 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 firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes.
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Friendship Identity Nature
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
Get good counsel before you begin; and when you have decided, act promptly.
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Act Counsel Decision Goodness Prompt
In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.
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Battle Brave Coward Defense Risk Run
Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.
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Growth Old Rise
Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
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Hard Work Modesty Possible Talk Yourself
He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.
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Angry Deep Emotion Feeling Himself
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
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
By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
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Dread Goodness Wicked
A good man prefers to suffer rather than overcome injustice with evil.
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Evil Goodness Justice Man Preference
Among intellectual pursuits, one of the most useful is the recording of past events.
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Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself.
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Greatness Reward

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