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Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.

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Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.
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Gentle Man Promise Yourself
Each day grow older, and learn something new.
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Day Growth Learning 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 more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.
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Attempt Goodness Nation Patriot Tolerance Try
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
What thou seest, speak of with caution.
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Action Seek Talk Yourself
Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.
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Learning Rule Submit
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
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
Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.
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Desire Myself Wealth Wrong
Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.
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Achievement Creation Excess
Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.
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Advantage Agreement Break
Laws are like spiders webs which, if anything small falls into them they ensnare it, but large things break through and escape.
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Break Escape Law Small Spider
A half truth is the worst of all lies, because it can be defended in partiality.
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Defend Lying Partial Truth Worst
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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