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To desire the same things and to reject the same things, constitutes true friendship.

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Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.
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Community Discord Greatness Harmony Oneself Pieces Small
Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.
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Ambition Blood Bond Break Forget Gratitude Obligation
Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour.
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Beginning Care Execution Zeal
The man who is roused neither by glory nor by danger it is in vain to exhort; terror closes the ears of the mind.
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Dangerous Glory Man Mindset Terror
In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery.
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Arms Bribe Force Opinion Shame
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
Each man the architect of his own fate.
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Architect Fate Himself Man
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
One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.
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Assume Conceal Himself
He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.
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Angry Deep Emotion Feeling Himself
Prosperity tries the souls even of the wise.
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Prosperity Soul Try Wisdom
Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself.
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Greatness Reward
Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
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Desire Liberty Master Men
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
The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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High Liberty Station Yourself
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

To desire the same things and to reject the same things, constitutes true friendship.

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