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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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To desire the same things and to reject the same things, constitutes true friendship.
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Desire Friendship Reject
Necessity makes even the timid brave.
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Brave Circumstance Coward Necessary
Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.
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Growth Old Rise
They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.
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Jealous Method Myself Win
Of the cosmic Gods some make the world be, others animate it, others harmonize it, consisting as it does of different elements; the fourth class keep it when harmonized.
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Animate Consist Cosmos God Harmony
Advise well before you begin, and when you have maturely considered, then act with promptitude.
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Act Advice Beginning Mature
It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.
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Beginning Difficult Easy Oneself Stop
All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
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Angry Doubt Friendship Hate Pity
Fame is the shadow of passion standing in the light.
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Fame Light Passion Shadow Stand
No grief reaches the dead.
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Death Grief One Liner Reach
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
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
In my own case, who have spent my whole life in the practice of virtue, right conduct from habitual has become natural.
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Character Life Natural Practice Right Virtue
Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
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Desire Liberty Master Men
Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
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Hard Work Modesty Possible Talk Yourself
Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue.
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Ambition Drive Fake Lock Man Ready Thinking

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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