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Men keep their engagements when it is an advantage to both parties not to break them.

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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
Angels are winged with God’s power.
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Angel God Power Wings
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
Men keep their agreements when it is an advantage to both parties not to break them; and I shall so frame my laws that it will be evident to the Athenians that it will be for their interest to observe them.
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Advantage Agreement Evidence Frame Interest Man Myself Observation Party
Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.
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Government Law Obedience People Society
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
Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.
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Gentle Man Promise Yourself
I grow old learning something new every day.
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Day Growth Old
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
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
Reprove your friend privately, commend him publicly.
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Commend Friendship Public
What thou seest, speak of with caution.
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Action Seek Talk Yourself
No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.
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Best Fortunate Happiness Himself Man
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
He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
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Command Learning Obedience
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

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