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Among intellectual pursuits, one of the most useful is the recording of past events.

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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
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
It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.
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Beginning Difficult Easy Oneself Stop
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
Before you act consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.
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Act Action Consider Time Yourself
In victory even the cowardly like to boast, while in adverse times even the brave are discredited.
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Brave Coward Credit Time Victory
The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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High Liberty Station Yourself
By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.
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Destroy Greatness Small State Thrive
Most honorable are services rendered to the State; even if they do not go beyond words, they are not to be despised.
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Beyond Despise Honor Service State Word
Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
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Evaporate Feeling General Move Tears Weakness Word
One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.
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Assume Conceal Himself
Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.
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Community Discord Greatness Harmony Oneself Pieces Small
Harmony makes small things grow; lack of it makes great things decay.
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Decay Deep Greatness Growth Harmony
Not by vows nor by womanish prayers is the help of the gods obtained; success comes through vigilance, energy, wise counsel.
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Counsel Energy God Help Prayer Promise Success Vow Wisdom
Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
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Decay Fall Life Philosophy Rise
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

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