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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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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
Of the bodies in the cosmos, some imitate mind and move in orbits; some imitate soul and move in a straight line, fire and air upward, earth and water downward.
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Body Cosmos Down Imitation Move On Soul Water
By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.
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Destroy Greatness Small State Thrive
Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
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Hard Work Modesty Possible Talk 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
The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.
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Captain Life Moral Rule Soul
It is a law of human nature that in victory even the coward may boast of his prowess, while defeat injures the reputation even of the brave.
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Brave Defeat Himself Human Law Nature Reputation Victory
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
It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.
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Beginning Difficult Easy Oneself Stop
By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
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Dread Goodness Wicked
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
Since we have received everything from the Gods, and it is right to pay the giver some tithe of his gifts, we pay such a tithe of possessions in votive offering, of bodies in gifts of (hair and) adornment, and of life in sacrifices.
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Body Gift God Pay Possession Received Sacrifice
Among intellectual pursuits, one of the most useful is the recording of past events.
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Event Intellectual Past Pursuit
The firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes.
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Friendship Identity Nature
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
A good man prefers to suffer rather than overcome injustice with evil.
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Evil Goodness Justice Man Preference

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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