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Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.

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If all men were to bring their miseries together in one place, most would be glad to take each his own home again rather than take a portion out of the common stock.
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Home Man Misery Oneself Place Togetherness
I grow old learning something new every day.
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Day Growth Old
Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.
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Advantage Agreement Break
To make an empire durable, the magistrates must obey the laws and the people the magistrates.
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Empire Law Obedience People
Learn to obey before you command.
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Command Learning Obedience Yourself
Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.
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Gold People Rich Sheep Wisdom
Justice, even if slow, is sure.
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Justice One Liner Slow
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
Angels are winged with God’s power.
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Angel God Power Wings
If things are going well, religion and legislation are beneficial; if not, they are of no avail.
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Benefit Legislation Religion
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
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
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
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
Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.
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Achievement Creation Excess
True blessedness consisteth in a good life and a happy death.
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Blessing Death Goodness Life True

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