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Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.

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Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.
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Gentle Man Promise 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
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
Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.
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Achievement Creation Excess
Speech is the mirror of action.
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Action Mirror One Liner Talk
Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.
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Desire Myself Wealth Wrong
Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.
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Learning Rule Submit
In all things that you do, consider the end.
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End Yourself
No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.
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Best Fortunate Happiness Himself Man
Men keep their engagements when it is an advantage to both parties not to break them.
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Engagement Man Myself Party Relationship
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
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
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
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
Learn to obey before you command.
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Command Learning Obedience Yourself
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

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