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Each day grow older, and learn something new.

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If things are going well, religion and legislation are beneficial; if not, they are of no avail.
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Benefit Legislation Religion
True blessedness consisteth in a good life and a happy death.
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Blessing Death Goodness Life True
Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.
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Achievement Creation Excess
He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
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Command Learning Obedience
No fool can be silent at a feast.
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Feast Fool One Liner Silence
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
We can have justice whenever those who have not been injured by injustice are as outraged by it as those who have been.
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Angry Injury Justice
Men keep their engagements when it is an advantage to both parties not to break them.
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Engagement Man Myself Party Relationship
In all things that you do, consider the end.
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End Yourself
Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.
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Gold People Rich Sheep Wisdom
A half truth is the worst of all lies, because it can be defended in partiality.
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Defend Lying Partial Truth Worst
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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Catch Law Oneself Poor Spider Trap Weakness
To make an empire durable, the magistrates must obey the laws and the people the magistrates.
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Empire Law Obedience People
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
In all things let reason be your guide.
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Guide One Liner Reason Yourself
Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.
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Learning Rule Submit

Each day grow older, and learn something new.

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