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To make an empire durable, the magistrates must obey the laws and the people the magistrates.
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Empire Law Obedience People
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
Learn to obey before you command.
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Command Learning Obedience Yourself
Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.
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Achievement Creation Excess
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
In all things that you do, consider the end.
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End Yourself
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
Chide a friend in private and praise him in public.
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Appreciation Friendship Himself Praise Public
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
Say nothing but good of the dead.
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Death Goodness One Liner
Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.
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Gentle Man Promise Yourself
In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.
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Advice Friendship Please Seek
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
Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.
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Desire Myself Wealth Wrong
Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.
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Learning Rule Submit
I grow old, ever learning many things.
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Growth Learning Old
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
Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.
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Advantage Agreement Break
Angels are winged with God’s power.
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Angel God Power Wings
True blessedness consisteth in a good life and a happy death.
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Blessing Death Goodness Life True
Poets tell many lies.
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Lying One Liner Poet
No fool can be silent at a feast.
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Feast Fool One Liner Silence
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
No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.
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Attempt Goodness Nation Patriot Tolerance Try
Justice, even if slow, is sure.
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Justice One Liner Slow
Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.
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Gold People Rich Sheep Wisdom

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