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Prosperity tries the souls even of the wise.
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Prosperity Soul Try Wisdom
The man who is roused neither by glory nor by danger it is in vain to exhort; terror closes the ears of the mind.
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Dangerous Glory Man Mindset Terror
By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.
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Destroy Greatness Small State Thrive
To someone seeking power, the poorest man is the most useful.
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Deep Man Poor Power Seek
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
Greedy for the property of others, extravagant with his own
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Himself Own Property
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
Most honorable are services rendered to the State; even if they do not go beyond words, they are not to be despised.
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Beyond Despise Honor Service State Word
All those who offer an opinion on any doubtful point should first clear their minds of every sentiment of dislike, friendship, anger or pity.
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Angry Doubt Friendship Offering Opinion
For harmony makes small states great, while discord undermines the mightiest empires.
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Empire Greatness Harmony Small State
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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Advice Ancestor Help Light Powerful
Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour.
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Beginning Care Execution Zeal
Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself.
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Greatness Reward
It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.
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Beginning Difficult Easy Oneself Stop
As the blessings of health and fortune have a beginning, so they must also find an end. Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
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Beginning Blessing Decay Fortune Health
Enough words, little wisdom.
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Enough Wisdom Word
We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.
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Body Employment Mindset Rule Serve
No mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best interests.
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Best Interest Man Mortal Passion Serve Time
Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.
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Growth Old Rise
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 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
Among intellectual pursuits, one of the most useful is the recording of past events.
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Event Intellectual Past Pursuit
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
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
Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.
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Friendship Honesty Money Soldier
The glory of wealth and of beauty is fleeting and frail; virtue is illustrious and everlasting.
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Beautiful Glory Illustration Virtue Wealth
Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
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Desire Liberty Master Men

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