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Dishonor (n.) does ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not run in families: a daughter's conduct shames her father no more than his conduct honors her.

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Loss (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠impossible for the man who deems nothing a good that can be taken: "I have all my goods with me."

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Possession (n.) that ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠matter are the ones no one can take: Stilbo, his city burned and his wife and children lost, told the conqueror he had all his valuables with him.

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Universal (n.) are ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠nobody: whoever speaks of 'man' speaks of no one — and Phidias' Athena is the daughter not of Zeus but of Phidias.