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If through your vices you afflicted are, Lay not the blame of your distress on God; You made your rulers mighty, gave them guards, So now you groan ‘neath slavery’s heavy rod.
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Blame God Guard Rule Slave Vice Yourself
Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.
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Gold People Rich Sheep Wisdom
No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.
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Attempt Goodness Nation Patriot Tolerance Try
He that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest.
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Frame Interest Public Sale
Each day grow older, and learn something new.
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Day Growth Learning Old
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
Poets tell many lies.
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Lying One Liner Poet
Learn to obey before you command.
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Command Learning Obedience Yourself
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
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
Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.
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Gentle Man Promise Yourself
Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.
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Achievement Creation Excess
In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.
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Advice Friendship Please Seek
Reprove your friend privately, commend him publicly.
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Commend Friendship Public
That city in which those who are not wronged, no less than those who are wronged, exert themselves to punish the wrongdoers.
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Action Punishment Wrong
As I grow older, I constantly learn more.
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Growth Learning Myself Old

Justice, even if slow, is sure.

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