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Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.

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Chide a friend in private and praise him in public.
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Appreciation Friendship Himself Praise Public
Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.
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Gentle Man Promise Yourself
Speech is the mirror of action.
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Action Mirror One Liner Talk
He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
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Command Learning Obedience
Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.
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Gold People Rich Sheep Wisdom
Justice, even if slow, is sure.
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Justice One Liner Slow
Poets tell many lies.
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Lying One Liner Poet
Reprove your friend privately, commend him publicly.
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Commend Friendship Public
Angels are winged with God’s power.
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Angel God Power Wings
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
Call no man happy until he is dead.
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Call Death Happiness
Each day grow older, and learn something new.
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Day Growth Learning Old
Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.
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Learning Rule Submit
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
To make an empire durable, the magistrates must obey the laws and the people the magistrates.
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Empire Law Obedience People
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

Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.

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