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Speech is the mirror of action.

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Each day grow older, and learn something new.
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Day Growth Learning Old
In all things let reason be your guide.
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Guide One Liner Reason Yourself
Justice, even if slow, is sure.
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Justice One Liner Slow
He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
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Command Learning Obedience
Speech is the mirror of action.
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Action Mirror One Liner Talk
No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.
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Attempt Goodness Nation Patriot Tolerance Try
Poets tell many lies.
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Lying One Liner Poet
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
Chide a friend in private and praise him in public.
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Appreciation Friendship Himself Praise Public
I grow old, ever learning many things.
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Growth Learning Old
As I grow older, I constantly learn more.
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Growth Learning Myself Old
Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.
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Advantage Agreement Break
I grow old learning something new every day.
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Day Growth Old
Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.
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Gentle Man Promise Yourself
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
Often the wicked prosper, while the righteous starve; yet I would never exchange my state for theirs, my virtue for their gold. For mine endures, while riches change their owner every day.
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Change Day Prospect Right Starve Virtue Wicket

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