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In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery.

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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
Greedy for the property of others, extravagant with his own
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Himself Own Property
Necessity makes even the timid brave.
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Brave Circumstance Coward Necessary
Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself.
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Greatness Reward
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 soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.
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Captain Life Moral Rule Soul
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
No grief reaches the dead.
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Death Grief One Liner Reach
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
Poor Britons, there is some good in them after all – they produced an oyster.
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Goodness Pearl Production
The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession.
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Beautiful Excellence Mental Possession Rich
Advise well before you begin, and when you have maturely considered, then act with promptitude.
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Act Advice Beginning Mature
We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.
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Body Employment Mindset Rule Serve
To like and dislike the same things that is indeed true friendship.
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Bond Friendship True
To have the same desires and the same aversion is assuredly a firm bond of friendship.
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Bond Desire Friendship
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

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