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

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Neither the army nor the treasury, but friends, are the true supports of the throne; for friends cannot be collected by force of arms, nor purchased with money; they are the offspring of kindness and sincerity.
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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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Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.
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Not by vows nor by womanish prayers is the help of the gods obtained; success comes through vigilance, energy, wise counsel.
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The glory of wealth and of beauty is fleeting and frail; virtue is illustrious and everlasting.
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The poorest of men are the most useful to those seeking power.
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Each man the architect of his own fate.
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A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
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To hope for safety in flight, when you have turned away from the enemy the arms by which the body is defended, is indeed madness. In battle those who are most afraid are always in most danger; but courage is equivalent to rampart.
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By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
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He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.
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Poor Britons, there is some good in them after all – they produced an oyster.
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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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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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The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.
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To desire the same things and to reject the same things, constitutes true friendship.

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