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But the case has proved that to be true which Appius says in his songs, that each man is the maker of his own fate.

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Before you act consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.
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Act Action Consider Time Yourself
All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
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Angry Doubt Friendship Hate Pity
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
Of the bodies in the cosmos, some imitate mind and move in orbits; some imitate soul and move in a straight line, fire and air upward, earth and water downward.
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Body Cosmos Down Imitation Move On Soul Water
To like and dislike the same things that is indeed true friendship.
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Bond Friendship True
No grief reaches the dead.
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Death Grief One Liner Reach
Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.
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Bad Measurement Origin
But few prize honour more than money.
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Honor Money Prize
Harmony makes small things grow; lack of it makes great things decay.
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Decay Deep Greatness Growth Harmony
Advise well before you begin, and when you have maturely considered, then act with promptitude.
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Act Advice Beginning Mature
Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.
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Community Discord Greatness Harmony Oneself Pieces Small
Among intellectual pursuits, one of the most useful is the recording of past events.
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Event Intellectual Past Pursuit
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
Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour.
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Beginning Care Execution Zeal
But the case has proved that to be true which Appius says in his songs, that each man is the maker of his own fate.
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Creator Fate Man Song True
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 the case has proved that to be true which Appius says in his songs, that each man is the maker of his own fate.

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