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

Sallust

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
It is always easy enough to take up arms, but very difficult to lay them down; the commencement and the termination of war are not necessarily in the same hands; even a coward may begin, but the end comes only when the victors are willing.
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Coward Difficult Easy Enough Hands Necessary War Willing
The Romans assisted their allies and friends, and acquired friendships by giving rather than receiving kindness.
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Assistance Friendship Kindness Receive Roman
To hope for safety in flight, when you have turned away from the enemy the arms by which the body is defended, is indeed madness. In battle those who are most afraid are always in most danger; but courage is equivalent to rampart.
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Afraid Body Courage Defeat Enemy Equivalent Hope Madness Safety
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
Prosperity tries the souls even of the wise.
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Prosperity Soul Try Wisdom
Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.
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Ambition Blood Bond Break Forget Gratitude Obligation
Enough words, little wisdom.
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Enough Wisdom Word
The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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High Liberty Station Yourself
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
Advise well before you begin, and when you have maturely considered, then act with promptitude.
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Act Advice Beginning Mature
Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.
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Bad Measurement Origin
But few prize honour more than money.
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Honor Money Prize
To have the same desires and the same aversion is assuredly a firm bond of friendship.
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Bond Desire Friendship
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
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

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

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