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In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.

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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
The very life which we enjoy is short.
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Enjoyment Life One Liner Short
All men who would surpass the other animals should do their best not to pass through life silently like the beasts whom nature made prone, obedient to their bellies.
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Animal Best Life Man Obedience Stomach Through
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
By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
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Dread Goodness Wicked
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
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
To desire the same things and to reject the same things, constitutes true friendship.
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Desire Friendship Reject
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
It is better to use fair means and fail, than foul and conquer.
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Better Conquer Failure Right Rule Win
Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.
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Community Discord Greatness Harmony Oneself Pieces Small
It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.
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Beginning Difficult Easy Oneself Stop
Fame is the shadow of passion standing in the light.
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Fame Light Passion Shadow Stand
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
A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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Defeat Goodness Justice Man
The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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High Liberty Station Yourself

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