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Harmony makes small things grow; lack of it makes great things decay.

Sallust

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
For men who had easily endured hardship, danger and difficult uncertainty, leisure and riches, though in some ways desirable, proved burdensome and a source of grief.
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Dangerous Desire Easy Endurance Men Source Way
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
The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.
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Captain Life Moral Rule Soul
Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.
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Growth Old Rise
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
He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.
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Angry Deep Emotion Feeling Himself
Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
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Desire Liberty Master Men
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
Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
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Decay Fall Life Philosophy Rise
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
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
For harmony makes small states great, while discord undermines the mightiest empires.
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Empire Greatness Harmony Small State
It is a law of human nature that in victory even the coward may boast of his prowess, while defeat injures the reputation even of the brave.
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Brave Defeat Himself Human Law Nature Reputation Victory
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
A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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Defeat Goodness Justice Man

Harmony makes small things grow; lack of it makes great things decay.

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