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Distinguished ancestors shed a powerful light on their descendants, and forbid the concealment either of their merits or of their demerits.

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Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

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
By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
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Dread Goodness Wicked
We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.
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Body Employment Mindset Rule Serve
One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.
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Assume Conceal Himself
The poorest of men are the most useful to those seeking power.
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Man Poor Power Seek Useful
Necessity makes even the timid brave.
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Brave Circumstance Coward Necessary
Prosperity tries the souls even of the wise.
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Prosperity Soul Try Wisdom
Enough words, little wisdom.
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Enough Wisdom Word
For harmony makes small states great, while discord undermines the mightiest empires.
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Empire Greatness Harmony Small State
It is sweet to surve one country by deeds, and it is not absurd to surve her by words.
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Country Herself Madness Sweet Word
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
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 glory of riches and of beauty is frail and transitory; virtue remains bright and eternal.
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Beautiful Bright Forever Fragile Glory Rich
There were few who preferred honor to money.
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Honor Money Preference
It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.
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Beginning Difficult Easy Oneself Stop
Greedy for the property of others, extravagant with his own
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Himself Own Property

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