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

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He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.
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Angry Deep Emotion Feeling Himself
To have the same desires and the same aversion is assuredly a firm bond of friendship.
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Bond Desire Friendship
Each man the architect of his own fate.
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Architect Fate Himself Man
Necessity makes even the timid brave.
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Brave Circumstance Coward Necessary
Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
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Hard Work Modesty Possible Talk Yourself
To someone seeking power, the poorest man is the most useful.
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Deep Man Poor Power Seek
It is a law of human nature that in victory even the coward may boast of his prowess, while defeat injures the reputation even of the brave.
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Brave Defeat Himself Human Law Nature Reputation Victory
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
The poorest of men are the most useful to those seeking power.
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Man Poor Power Seek Useful
No man underestimates the wrongs he suffers; many take them more seriously than is right.
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Himself Man Right Serious Suffering Wrong
Distinguished ancestors shed a powerful light on their descendants, and forbid the concealment either of their merits or of their demerits.
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Advice Ancestor Help Light Powerful
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
Get good counsel before you begin; and when you have decided, act promptly.
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Act Counsel Decision Goodness Prompt
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
All men who would surpass the other animals should do their best not to pass through life silently like the beasts whom nature made prone, obedient to their bellies.
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Animal Best Life Man Obedience Stomach Through
We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.
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Body Employment Mindset Rule Serve

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