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Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.

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Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.
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Ambition Blood Bond Break Forget Gratitude Obligation
The firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes.
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Friendship Identity Nature
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 soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.
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Captain Life Moral Rule Soul
By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
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Dread Goodness Wicked
He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.
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Angry Deep Emotion Feeling Himself
In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery.
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Arms Bribe Force Opinion Shame
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
To hope for safety in flight, when you have turned away from the enemy the arms by which the body is defended, is indeed madness. In battle those who are most afraid are always in most danger; but courage is equivalent to rampart.
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Afraid Body Courage Defeat Enemy Equivalent Hope Madness Safety
Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
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Hard Work Modesty Possible Talk Yourself
A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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Defeat Goodness Justice Man
The Romans assisted their allies and friends, and acquired friendships by giving rather than receiving kindness.
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Assistance Friendship Kindness Receive Roman
For harmony makes small states great, while discord undermines the mightiest empires.
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Empire Greatness Harmony Small State
The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.
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Beautiful Fame Forever Glory Intellectual Possession Wealth
One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.
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Assume Conceal Himself
Each man the architect of his own fate.
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Architect Fate Himself Man

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