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Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.

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In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.
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Advice Friendship Please Seek
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
In all things that you do, consider the end.
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End Yourself
No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.
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Attempt Goodness Nation Patriot Tolerance Try
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
Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.
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Gold People Rich Sheep Wisdom
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
Say nothing but good of the dead.
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Death Goodness One Liner
Many evil men are rich, and good men poor, but we shall not exchange with them our excellence for riches.
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Evil Excellence exchange Man Rich
No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.
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Best Fortunate Happiness Himself Man
Reprove your friend privately, commend him publicly.
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Commend Friendship Public
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
I grow old, ever learning many things.
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Growth Learning Old
Each day grow older, and learn something new.
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Day Growth Learning Old
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
Justice, even if slow, is sure.
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Justice One Liner Slow

Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.

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