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Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.

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Pure chastity is beauty to our souls, grace to our bodies, and peace to our desires.
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Chastity Desire Grace Ourselves Peace Purity Soul
Angels are winged with God’s power.
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Angel God Power Wings
Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.
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Learning Rule Submit
Justice, even if slow, is sure.
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Justice One Liner Slow
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
Men keep their agreements when it is an advantage to both parties not to break them; and I shall so frame my laws that it will be evident to the Athenians that it will be for their interest to observe them.
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Advantage Agreement Evidence Frame Interest Man Myself Observation Party
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
No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.
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Attempt Goodness Nation Patriot Tolerance Try
As I grow older, I constantly learn more.
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Growth Learning Myself Old
Learn to obey before you command.
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Command Learning Obedience Yourself
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
Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.
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Desire Myself Wealth Wrong
Reprove your friend privately, commend him publicly.
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Commend Friendship Public
Laws are like spider’s webs: If some poor weak creature comes up against them, it is caught; but a big one can break through and get away.
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Catch Law Oneself Poor Spider Trap Weakness
Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.
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Advantage Agreement Break
In all things that you do, consider the end.
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End Yourself

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