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Laws are like spider’s webs: If some poor weak creature comes up against them, it is caught; but a big one can break through and get away.

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Reprove your friend privately, commend him publicly.
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Commend Friendship Public
Pure chastity is beauty to our souls, grace to our bodies, and peace to our desires.
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Chastity Desire Grace Ourselves Peace Purity Soul
True blessedness consisteth in a good life and a happy death.
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Blessing Death Goodness Life True
In all things that you do, consider the end.
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End Yourself
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
Chide a friend in private and praise him in public.
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Appreciation Friendship Himself Praise Public
Watch well each separate citizen, Lest having in his heart of hearts A secret spear, one still may come Saluting you with cheerful face, And utter with a double tongue The feigned good wishes of his wary mind.
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Citizenship Heart Mindset Oneself Secret Separate
Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.
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Advantage Agreement Break
Each day grow older, and learn something new.
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Day Growth Learning Old
Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
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Character Noble Promise Trust
Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.
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Gentle Man Promise Yourself
Poets tell many lies.
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Lying One Liner Poet
Say nothing but good of the dead.
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Death Goodness One Liner
If things are going well, religion and legislation are beneficial; if not, they are of no avail.
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Benefit Legislation Religion
Call no man happy until he is dead.
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Call Death Happiness
The ideal state is that in which an injury done to the least of its citizens is an injury done to all.
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Citizenship Ideal Injury State

Laws are like spider’s webs: If some poor weak creature comes up against them, it is caught; but a big one can break through and get away.

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