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For harmony makes small states great, while discord undermines the mightiest empires.

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Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.
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Ambition Blood Bond Break Forget Gratitude Obligation
Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
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Decay Fall Life Philosophy 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
There were few who preferred honor to money.
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Honor Money Preference
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
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 riches and of beauty is frail and transitory; virtue remains bright and eternal.
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Beautiful Bright Forever Fragile Glory Rich
Before you act consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.
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Act Action Consider Time Yourself
Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.
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Growth Old Rise
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
Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour.
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Beginning Care Execution Zeal
The very life which we enjoy is short.
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Enjoyment Life One Liner Short
To have the same desires and the same aversion is assuredly a firm bond of friendship.
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Bond Desire Friendship
Harmony makes small things grow; lack of it makes great things decay.
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Decay Deep Greatness Growth Harmony
But the case has proved that to be true which Appius says in his songs, that each man is the maker of his own fate.
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Creator Fate Man Song True
Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
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Desire Liberty Master Men

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