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The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession.

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A good man prefers to suffer rather than overcome injustice with evil.
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Evil Goodness Justice Man Preference
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
Get good counsel before you begin; and when you have decided, act promptly.
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Act Counsel Decision Goodness Prompt
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 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
Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
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Decay Fall Life Philosophy Rise
By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.
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Destroy Greatness Small State Thrive
To desire the same things and to reject the same things, constitutes true friendship.
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Desire Friendship Reject
The very life which we enjoy is short.
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Enjoyment Life One Liner Short
Fame is the shadow of passion standing in the light.
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Fame Light Passion Shadow Stand
As the blessings of health and fortune have a beginning, so they must also find an end. Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
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Beginning Blessing Decay Fortune Health
The glory of ancestors sheds a light around posterity; it allows neither good nor bad qualities to remain in obscurity.
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Ancestor Bad Glory Goodness Light Obscurity Quality
By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
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Dread Goodness Wicked
Before you act consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.
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Act Action Consider Time Yourself
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
To like and dislike the same things that is indeed true friendship.
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Bond Friendship True

The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession.

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