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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.

Solon

Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.
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Gentle Man Promise Yourself
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
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
Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
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Character Noble Promise Trust
Reprove your friend privately, commend him publicly.
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Commend Friendship Public
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
Each day grow older, and learn something new.
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Day Growth Learning Old
Speech is the mirror of action.
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Action Mirror One Liner Talk
Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.
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Learning Rule Submit
Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.
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Advantage Agreement Break
I grow old, ever learning many things.
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Growth Learning Old
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
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
In all things let reason be your guide.
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Guide One Liner Reason Yourself
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

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