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But assuredly Fortune rules in all things; she raised to eminence or buries in oblivion everything from caprice rather than from well-regulated principle.

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A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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Defeat Goodness Justice Man
Greedy for the property of others, extravagant with his own
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Himself Own Property
Each man the architect of his own fate.
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Architect Fate Himself Man
All men who would surpass the other animals should do their best not to pass through life silently like the beasts whom nature made prone, obedient to their bellies.
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Animal Best Life Man Obedience Stomach Through
Neither the army nor the treasury, but friends, are the true supports of the throne; for friends cannot be collected by force of arms, nor purchased with money; they are the offspring of kindness and sincerity.
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Army Collection Force Kindness Kingdom Money Sincere Support Treasure True
One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.
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Assume Conceal Himself
Advise well before you begin, and when you have maturely considered, then act with promptitude.
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Act Advice Beginning Mature
Among intellectual pursuits, one of the most useful is the recording of past events.
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Event Intellectual Past Pursuit
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
A good man prefers to suffer rather than overcome injustice with evil.
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Evil Goodness Justice Man Preference
Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
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Hard Work Modesty Possible Talk Yourself
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
But assuredly Fortune rules in all things; she raised to eminence or buries in oblivion everything from caprice rather than from well-regulated principle.
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Assurance Bury Fate Fortune Principle Raise Rule
It is always easy enough to take up arms, but very difficult to lay them down; the commencement and the termination of war are not necessarily in the same hands; even a coward may begin, but the end comes only when the victors are willing.
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Coward Difficult Easy Enough Hands Necessary War Willing
The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.
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Captain Life Moral Rule Soul
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

But assuredly Fortune rules in all things; she raised to eminence or buries in oblivion everything from caprice rather than from well-regulated principle.

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