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Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.

Sallust

The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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High Liberty Station Yourself
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
All those who offer an opinion on any doubtful point should first clear their minds of every sentiment of dislike, friendship, anger or pity.
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Angry Doubt Friendship Offering Opinion
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 prefers to suffer rather than overcome injustice with evil.
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Evil Goodness Justice Man Preference
The very life which we enjoy is short.
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Enjoyment Life One Liner Short
Prosperity tries the souls even of the wise.
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Prosperity Soul Try Wisdom
There were few who preferred honor to money.
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Honor Money Preference
Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.
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Community Discord Greatness Harmony Oneself Pieces Small
It is better to use fair means and fail, than foul and conquer.
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Better Conquer Failure Right Rule Win
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
The glory of wealth and of beauty is fleeting and frail; virtue is illustrious and everlasting.
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Beautiful Glory Illustration Virtue Wealth
To like and dislike the same things that is indeed true friendship.
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Bond Friendship True
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
Advise well before you begin, and when you have maturely considered, then act with promptitude.
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Act Advice Beginning Mature
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

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