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If all men were to bring their miseries together in one place, most would be glad to take each his own home again rather than take a portion out of the common stock.

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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
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
If all men were to bring their miseries together in one place, most would be glad to take each his own home again rather than take a portion out of the common stock.
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Home Man Misery Oneself Place Togetherness
No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.
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Best Fortunate Happiness Himself Man
Justice, even if slow, is sure.
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Justice One Liner Slow
As I grow older, I constantly learn more.
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Growth Learning Myself Old
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
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
In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.
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Advice Friendship Please Seek
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
Say nothing but good of the dead.
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Death Goodness One Liner
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
No fool can be silent at a feast.
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Feast Fool One Liner Silence
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
That city in which those who are not wronged, no less than those who are wronged, exert themselves to punish the wrongdoers.
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Action Punishment Wrong

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