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I grow old learning something new every day.

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Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.
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Achievement Creation Excess
In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.
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Advice Friendship Please Seek
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
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
Speech is the mirror of action.
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Action Mirror One Liner Talk
Reprove your friend privately, commend him publicly.
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Commend Friendship Public
He that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest.
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Frame Interest Public Sale
Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.
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Advantage Agreement Break
In all things let reason be your guide.
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Guide One Liner Reason Yourself
As I grow older, I constantly learn more.
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Growth Learning Myself Old
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
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
What thou seest, speak of with caution.
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Action Seek Talk 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
Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.
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Government Law Obedience People Society

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