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Call no man happy until he is dead.

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Chide a friend in private and praise him in public.
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Appreciation Friendship Himself Praise Public
What thou seest, speak of with caution.
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Action Seek Talk Yourself
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
Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.
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Achievement Creation Excess
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
No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.
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Attempt Goodness Nation Patriot Tolerance Try
For often evil men are rich, and good men poor; But we will not exchange with them Our virtue for their wealth since one abides always, While riches change their owners every day.
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exchange Man Ourselves Poor Rich Virtue
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
Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.
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Advantage Agreement Break
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
If things are going well, religion and legislation are beneficial; if not, they are of no avail.
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Benefit Legislation Religion
Speech is the mirror of action.
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Action Mirror One Liner Talk
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
I grow old learning something new every day.
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Day Growth Old

Call no man happy until he is dead.

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