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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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It is better to use fair means and fail, than foul and conquer.
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Better Conquer Failure Right Rule Win
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
Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself.
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Greatness Reward
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
By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
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Dread Goodness Wicked
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
Among intellectual pursuits, one of the most useful is the recording of past events.
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Event Intellectual Past Pursuit
The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession.
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Beautiful Excellence Mental Possession Rich
Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
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Hard Work Modesty Possible Talk Yourself
The firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes.
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Friendship Identity Nature
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
Poor Britons, there is some good in them after all – they produced an oyster.
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Goodness Pearl Production
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
Prosperity tries the souls even of the wise.
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Prosperity Soul Try Wisdom
In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.
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Battle Brave Coward Defense Risk Run
A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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Defeat Goodness Justice Man

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