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A good man prefers to suffer rather than overcome injustice with evil.

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A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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Defeat Goodness Justice Man
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
They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.
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Jealous Method Myself Win
Necessity makes even the timid brave.
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Brave Circumstance Coward Necessary
One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.
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Assume Conceal Himself
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
For harmony makes small states great, while discord undermines the mightiest empires.
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Empire Greatness Harmony Small State
We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.
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Body Employment Mindset Rule Serve
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 opinion, he only may be truly said to live and enjoy his being who is engaged in some laudable pursuit, and acquires a name by some illustrious action, or useful art.
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Action Enjoyment Illustration Live Myself Name Opinion Pursuit True
All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
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Angry Doubt Friendship Hate Pity
Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue.
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Ambition Drive Fake Lock Man Ready Thinking
Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.
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Bad Measurement Origin
By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.
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Destroy Greatness Small State Thrive
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
Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
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Hard Work Modesty Possible Talk Yourself

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