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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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Harmony makes small things grow; lack of it makes great things decay.
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Decay Deep Greatness Growth Harmony
Before you act consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.
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Act Action Consider Time Yourself
In my opinion, he only may be truly said to live and enjoy his being who is engaged in some laudable pursuit, and acquires a name by some illustrious action, or useful art.
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Action Enjoyment Illustration Live Myself Name Opinion Pursuit True
The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.
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Captain Life Moral Rule Soul
But at power or wealth, for the sake of which wars, and all kinds of strife, arise among mankind, we do not aim; we desire only our liberty, which no honorable man relinquishes but with his life.
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Desire Himself Kind Liberty Life Man Power War Wealth
Advise well before you begin, and when you have maturely considered, then act with promptitude.
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Act Advice Beginning Mature
By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.
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Destroy Greatness Small State Thrive
Each man the architect of his own fate.
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Architect Fate Himself Man
Greedy for the property of others, extravagant with his own
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Himself Own Property
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
A good man prefers to suffer rather than overcome injustice with evil.
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Evil Goodness Justice Man Preference
Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.
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Friendship Honesty Money Soldier
In victory even the cowardly like to boast, while in adverse times even the brave are discredited.
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Brave Coward Credit Time Victory
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
It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.
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Beginning Difficult Easy Oneself Stop
Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.
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Bad Measurement Origin

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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