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In all things let reason be your guide.
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Guide One Liner Reason Yourself
Let no man be called happy before his death. Till then, he is not happy, only lucky.
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Call Death Happiness Himself
Laws are like spiders webs which, if anything small falls into them they ensnare it, but large things break through and escape.
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Break Escape Law Small Spider
Often the wicked prosper, while the righteous starve; yet I would never exchange my state for theirs, my virtue for their gold. For mine endures, while riches change their owner every day.
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Change Day Prospect Right Starve Virtue Wicket
No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.
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Attempt Goodness Nation Patriot Tolerance Try
Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.
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Government Law Obedience People Society
To make an empire durable, the magistrates must obey the laws and the people the magistrates.
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Empire Law Obedience People
No fool can be silent at a feast.
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Feast Fool One Liner Silence
Poets tell many lies.
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Lying One Liner Poet
Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.
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Desire Myself Wealth Wrong
Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.
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Advantage Agreement Break
Seek to learn constantly while you live; do not wait in the faith that old age by itself will bring wisdom.
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Age Faith Learning Live Wisdom
Justice, even if slow, is sure.
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Justice One Liner Slow
Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.
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Achievement Creation Excess
If things are going well, religion and legislation are beneficial; if not, they are of no avail.
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Benefit Legislation Religion
He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
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Command Learning Obedience

Say nothing but good of the dead.

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