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Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.

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To desire the same things and to reject the same things, constitutes true friendship.
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Desire Friendship Reject
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
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
Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.
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Community Discord Greatness Harmony Oneself Pieces Small
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 fame which is based on wealth or beauty is a frail and fleeting thing; but virtue shines for ages with undiminished lustre.
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Age Fame Luster Virtual Wealth
Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.
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Bad Measurement Origin
Fortune rules in all things, and advances and depresses things more out of her own will than right and justice.
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Depression Fortune Justice Rule Willing
It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.
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Beginning Difficult Easy Oneself Stop
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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Dangerous Glory Man Mindset Terror
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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Animal Effort Nature Obedience Person Stomach Transcend
In my opinion, he only may be truly said to live and enjoy his being who is engaged in some laudable pursuit, and acquires a name by some illustrious action, or useful art.
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Action Enjoyment Illustration Live Myself Name Opinion Pursuit True
The poorest of men are the most useful to those seeking power.
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Man Poor Power Seek Useful
Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
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Desire Liberty Master Men
One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.
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Assume Conceal Himself

Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.

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