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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
Each day grow older, and learn something new.
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Day Growth Learning Old
If through your vices you afflicted are, Lay not the blame of your distress on God; You made your rulers mighty, gave them guards, So now you groan ‘neath slavery’s heavy rod.
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Blame God Guard Rule Slave Vice Yourself
He that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest.
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Frame Interest Public Sale
Watch well each separate citizen, Lest having in his heart of hearts A secret spear, one still may come Saluting you with cheerful face, And utter with a double tongue The feigned good wishes of his wary mind.
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Citizenship Heart Mindset Oneself Secret Separate
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
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
He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
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Command Learning Obedience
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
True blessedness consisteth in a good life and a happy death.
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Blessing Death Goodness Life True
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
Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.
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Advantage Agreement Break
Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.
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Gold People Rich Sheep 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
Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
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Character Noble Promise Trust
Justice, even if slow, is sure.
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Justice One Liner Slow
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
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
In all things that you do, consider the end.
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End Yourself
Speech is the mirror of action.
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Action Mirror One Liner Talk
Learn to obey before you command.
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Command Learning Obedience Yourself
Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.
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Learning Rule Submit
Call no man happy until he is dead.
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Call Death Happiness
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
What thou seest, speak of with caution.
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Action Seek Talk Yourself

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