Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.
SALLUST
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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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Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.
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But few prize honour more than money.
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Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
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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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Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
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Small endeavours obtain strength by unity of action: the most powerful are broken down by discord.
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The glory of riches and of beauty is frail and transitory; virtue remains bright and eternal.
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Advise well before you begin, and when you have maturely considered, then act with promptitude.
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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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In victory even the cowardly like to boast, while in adverse times even the brave are discredited.
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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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Each man the architect of his own fate.
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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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Before you act consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.
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There were few who preferred honor to money.
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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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