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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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Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
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Decay Fall Life Philosophy Rise
All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
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Angry Doubt Friendship Hate Pity
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
There were few who preferred honor to money.
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Honor Money Preference
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
The firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes.
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Friendship Identity Nature
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
Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.
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Friendship Honesty Money Soldier
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
A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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Defeat Goodness Justice Man
Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.
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Growth Old Rise
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 always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.
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Beginning Difficult Easy Oneself Stop
To have the same desires and the same aversion is assuredly a firm bond of friendship.
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Bond Desire Friendship
By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
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Dread Goodness Wicked
Among intellectual pursuits, one of the most useful is the recording of past events.
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Event Intellectual Past Pursuit

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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