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

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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
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
Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself.
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Greatness Reward
There were few who preferred honor to money.
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Honor Money Preference
Enough words, little wisdom.
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Enough Wisdom Word
Necessity makes even the timid brave.
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Brave Circumstance Coward Necessary
Harmony makes small things grow; lack of it makes great things decay.
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Decay Deep Greatness Growth Harmony
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 to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.
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Beginning Difficult Easy Oneself Stop
But assuredly Fortune rules in all things; she raised to eminence or buries in oblivion everything from caprice rather than from well-regulated principle.
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Assurance Bury Fate Fortune Principle Raise Rule
The very life which we enjoy is short.
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Enjoyment Life One Liner Short
For harmony makes small states great, while discord undermines the mightiest empires.
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Empire Greatness Harmony Small State
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
Of the bodies in the cosmos, some imitate mind and move in orbits; some imitate soul and move in a straight line, fire and air upward, earth and water downward.
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Body Cosmos Down Imitation Move On Soul Water
To someone seeking power, the poorest man is the most useful.
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Deep Man Poor Power Seek
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
Poor Britons, there is some good in them after all – they produced an oyster.
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Goodness Pearl Production
Get good counsel before you begin; and when you have decided, act promptly.
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Act Counsel Decision Goodness Prompt
It is better to use fair means and fail, than foul and conquer.
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Better Conquer Failure Right Rule Win
One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.
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Assume Conceal Himself
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
The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession.
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Beautiful Excellence Mental Possession Rich
But few prize honour more than money.
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Honor Money Prize
Each man the architect of his own fate.
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Architect Fate Himself Man
Fortune rules in all things, and advances and depresses things more out of her own will than right and justice.
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Depression Fortune Justice Rule Willing
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
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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