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A honest man is seldom a vagrant.

Cato the Younger

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Since it has such a remembrance of the best, such a concern for the future, since it is enriched with so many arts, sciences, and discoveries, it is impossible but the being which contains all these must be immortal.
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Art Best Concern Discover Enrich Future Many Remembrance Since Immortal
In conversation avoid the extremes of forwardness and reserve.
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Conversation Extremes Forwardness Reserve
Never travel by sea when you can go by land.
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Land never Sea Travel
Regard not dreams, since they are but the images of our hopes and fears.
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Dream Fear Hope Image Regard Since
Those magistrates who can prevent crime, and do not, in effect encourage it.
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Crime Effect Encourage Magistrate Prevent
I will begin to speak, when I have that to say which had not better be unsaid.
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Better Say Share Speak Unsaid Will
This is my firm persuasion, that since the human soul exerts itself with so great activity.
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Activity Art Discovery Exert Film Human Itself Percussion Remembrance Soul
I think the first wisdom is to restrain the tongue.
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First Talking Thinking Tongue Wisdom
For some people there is no comfort without pain. Thus; we define salvation through suffering. Hence, why we choose people who we know aren’t right for ourselves.
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Comfort Pain People Some Suffer Without
By Liberty I understand the Power which every Man has over his own Actions, and his Right to enjoy the Fruits of his Labour,
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Action Art Enjoy Ever Fruit Hurt Labour Liberty Men Own Power Right Understand
I know not what treason is, if sapping and betraying the liberties of a people be not treason.
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Betraying Liberty People Sapping Treason
All have the gift of speech, but few are possessed of wisdom.
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Few Gift Possessed Speech Wisdom
Do not expect good from another’s death.
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Another Death Expect Good
Speak briefly and to the point.
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Brief Pont Speak Speech
It is remarkable that men, when they differ in what they think considerable, will be apt to differ in almost everything else; their difference begets contradiction; contradiction begets heat; heat quickly rises into resentment, rage, and ill-will; thus they differ in affections, as they differ in judgment.
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Almost Considerable Differ Difference Differences Else Everything Men Often Remarkable Thinking
I would not be beholden to a tyrant, for his acts of tyranny.
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Act Behold Freedom Men Tyrant
For it is but usurpation in him to save, as their rightful lord, the lives of men over whom he has no title to reign.
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Lord Men Over Reign Rightful Save Title Usurpation
A honest man is seldom a vagrant.
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Honest Men Seldom Vagrant
The Fruits of a Man’s honest Industry are the just Rewards of it, ascertained to him by natural and eternal Equity, as is his Title to use them in the Manner which he thinks fit: And thus, with the above Limitations, every Man is sole Lord and Arbitrer of his own private Actions and Property.
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Arbiter Ascertain Equality Every Fruit Honest Limitation Man Manner Reward
Should anyone attempt to deceive you by false expressions, and not be a true friend at heart, act in the same manner, and thus art will defeat art. [If you would catch a man let him think he is catching you.]
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Act Anyone Art Attempt Defeat Expression Friend Heart Manner Sam Think True
Art, and Industry, as far as by it he hurts not the Society, or any Members of it, by taking from any Member, or by hindering him from enjoying what he himself enjoys.
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Art Enjoy Himself Hunt Liberty Member Society Take Understand
Good-breeding is the art of showing men, by external signs, the internal regard we have for them. It arises from good sense, improved by conversing with good company.
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Art Breed Company Converse External Good Internal Men Regard Show Sign
In doing nothing men learn to do evil.
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Doing Evil Learn Men Nothing
Flee sloth; for the indolence of the soul is the decay of the body.
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Body Decay File Indolemnce Sloth Soul
Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
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Greatest Restrain Tongue Virtue
Some have said that it is not the business of private men to meddle with government–a bold and dishonest saying, which is fit to come from no mouth but that of a tyrant or a slave.
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Bold Busines Come Dishonest Fit Governwemnt Men Middle People Private Say Some Tyrants
The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new.
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Act Best Charity Keep Memories New Refresh Way

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