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I grow old learning something new every day.

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Speech is the mirror of action.
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Action Mirror One Liner Talk
Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.
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Gold People Rich Sheep Wisdom
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
In all things let reason be your guide.
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Guide One Liner Reason Yourself
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
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
I grow old learning something new every day.
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Day Growth Old
Justice, even if slow, is sure.
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Justice One Liner Slow
In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.
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Advice Friendship Please Seek
Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.
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Desire Myself Wealth Wrong
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
He that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest.
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Frame Interest Public Sale
Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.
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Gentle Man Promise Yourself
The ideal state is that in which an injury done to the least of its citizens is an injury done to all.
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Citizenship Ideal Injury State
Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.
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Achievement Creation Excess

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