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Poor Britons, there is some good in them after all – they produced an oyster.

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Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
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Hard Work Modesty Possible Talk Yourself
It is always easy enough to take up arms, but very difficult to lay them down; the commencement and the termination of war are not necessarily in the same hands; even a coward may begin, but the end comes only when the victors are willing.
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Coward Difficult Easy Enough Hands Necessary War Willing
Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
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Decay Fall Life Philosophy Rise
Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.
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Growth Old Rise
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 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
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
By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
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Dread Goodness Wicked
The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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High Liberty Station Yourself
To like and dislike the same things that is indeed true friendship.
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Bond Friendship True
The very life which we enjoy is short.
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Enjoyment Life One Liner Short
A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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Defeat Goodness Justice Man
Greedy for the property of others, extravagant with his own
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Himself Own Property
A good man prefers to suffer rather than overcome injustice with evil.
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Evil Goodness Justice Man Preference
But few prize honour more than money.
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Honor Money Prize
When the prizes fall to the lot of the wicked, you will not find many who are virtuous for virtue’s sake.
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Fall Finding Prize Virtue Yourself

Poor Britons, there is some good in them after all – they produced an oyster.

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