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They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.

Sallust

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
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 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
Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour.
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Beginning Care Execution Zeal
Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.
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Ambition Blood Bond Break Forget Gratitude Obligation
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
Of the cosmic Gods some make the world be, others animate it, others harmonize it, consisting as it does of different elements; the fourth class keep it when harmonized.
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Animate Consist Cosmos God Harmony
Necessity makes even the timid brave.
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Brave Circumstance Coward Necessary
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
Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.
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Growth Old Rise
Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.
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Community Discord Greatness Harmony Oneself Pieces Small
Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others.
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Afraid Bad Goodness Trust Virtue
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
It is better to use fair means and fail, than foul and conquer.
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Better Conquer Failure Right Rule Win
Enough words, little wisdom.
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Enough Wisdom Word
The Gods being good and making all things, there is no positive evil, it only comes by absence of good; just as darkness itself does not exist, but only comes about by absence of light.
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Absence Darkness Existence God Goodness Light Positive

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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