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No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.
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Best Fortunate Happiness Himself Man
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
Call no man happy until he is dead.
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Call Death Happiness
Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.
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Gentle Man Promise Yourself
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
In the ideal State laws are few and simple, because they have been derived from certainties. In the corrupt State laws are many and confused, because they have been derived from uncertainties.
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Confusion Ideal Law Simplicity State Uncertain
Each day grow older, and learn something new.
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Day Growth Learning Old
In all things that you do, consider the end.
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End Yourself
Learn to obey before you command.
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Command Learning Obedience Yourself
I grow old learning something new every day.
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Day Growth Old
Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.
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Advantage Agreement Break
Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.
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Learning Rule Submit
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
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
Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
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Character Noble Promise Trust
Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.
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Gold People Rich Sheep Wisdom

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