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Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.
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Gold People Rich Sheep Wisdom
Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.
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Advantage Agreement Break
Seek to learn constantly while you live; do not wait in the faith that old age by itself will bring wisdom.
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Age Faith Learning Live Wisdom
No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.
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Attempt Goodness Nation Patriot Tolerance Try
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
Reprove your friend privately, commend him publicly.
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Commend Friendship Public
Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
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Character Noble Promise Trust
In all things let reason be your guide.
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Guide One Liner Reason Yourself
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
Speech is the mirror of action.
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Action Mirror One Liner Talk
Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.
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Gentle Man Promise Yourself
As I grow older, I constantly learn more.
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Growth Learning Myself 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
No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.
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Best Fortunate Happiness Himself Man
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
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

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