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A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.

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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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Friendship Honesty Money Soldier
The Gods being good and making all things, there is no positive evil, it only comes by absence of good; just as darkness itself does not exist, but only comes about by absence of light.
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Absence Darkness Existence God Goodness Light Positive
Harmony makes small things grow; lack of it makes great things decay.
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Decay Deep Greatness Growth Harmony
A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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Defeat Goodness Justice Man
Necessity makes even the timid brave.
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Brave Circumstance Coward Necessary
The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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High Liberty Station Yourself
He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.
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Angry Deep Emotion Feeling Himself
Fortune rules in all things, and advances and depresses things more out of her own will than right and justice.
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Depression Fortune Justice Rule Willing
To like and dislike the same things that is indeed true friendship.
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Bond Friendship True
Fame is the shadow of passion standing in the light.
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Fame Light Passion Shadow Stand
Advise well before you begin, and when you have maturely considered, then act with promptitude.
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Act Advice Beginning Mature
Enough words, little wisdom.
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Enough Wisdom Word
To someone seeking power, the poorest man is the most useful.
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Deep Man Poor Power Seek
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
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
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

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