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In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.

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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
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
I grow old learning something new every day.
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Day Growth Old
Reprove your friend privately, commend him publicly.
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Commend Friendship Public
Justice, even if slow, is sure.
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Justice One Liner Slow
Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.
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Gentle Man Promise Yourself
Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.
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Desire Myself Wealth Wrong
He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
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Command Learning Obedience
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
Poets tell many lies.
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Lying One Liner Poet
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
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
To make an empire durable, the magistrates must obey the laws and the people the magistrates.
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Empire Law Obedience People
Call no man happy until he is dead.
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Call Death Happiness
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
As I grow older, I constantly learn more.
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Growth Learning Myself Old

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