The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal.
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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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The glory of riches and of beauty is frail and transitory virtue remains bright and eternal.
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Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.
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The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.
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