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True blessedness consisteth in a good life and a happy death.
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Blessing Death Goodness Life True
Seek to learn constantly while you live; do not wait in the faith that old age by itself will bring wisdom.
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Age Faith Learning Live Wisdom
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
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
Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.
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Achievement Creation Excess
I grow old, ever learning many things.
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Growth Learning Old
Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.
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Advantage Agreement Break
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
Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
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Character Noble Promise Trust
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
Say nothing but good of the dead.
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Death Goodness One Liner
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
Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.
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Gentle Man Promise Yourself
In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.
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Advice Friendship Please Seek
I grow old learning something new every day.
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Day Growth Old
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

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