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The glory of ancestors sheds a light around posterity; it allows neither good nor bad qualities to remain in obscurity.

Sallust

One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.
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Assume Conceal Himself
Greedy for the property of others, extravagant with his own
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Himself Own Property
Fame is the shadow of passion standing in the light.
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Fame Light Passion Shadow Stand
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
Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
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Evaporate Feeling General Move Tears Weakness Word
No mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best interests.
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Best Interest Man Mortal Passion Serve Time
It is always easy enough to take up arms, but very difficult to lay them down; the commencement and the termination of war are not necessarily in the same hands; even a coward may begin, but the end comes only when the victors are willing.
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Coward Difficult Easy Enough Hands Necessary War Willing
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
Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.
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Growth Old Rise
Sovereignty is easily preserved by the very arts by which it was originally created. When, however, energy has given place to indifference, and temperance and justice to passion and arrogance, then as the morals change so changes fortune.
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Arrogance Art Change Creation Easy Fortune Justice Original Place Preserve
The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.
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Captain Life Moral Rule Soul
Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
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Decay Fall Life Philosophy Rise
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
The glory of riches and of beauty is frail and transitory; virtue remains bright and eternal.
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Beautiful Bright Forever Fragile Glory Rich
For harmony makes small states great, while discord undermines the mightiest empires.
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Empire Greatness Harmony Small State
Most honorable are services rendered to the State; even if they do not go beyond words, they are not to be despised.
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Beyond Despise Honor Service State Word

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