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He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.

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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
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
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
Chide a friend in private and praise him in public.
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Appreciation Friendship Himself Praise Public
What thou seest, speak of with caution.
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Action Seek Talk Yourself
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
Justice, even if slow, is sure.
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Justice One Liner Slow
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
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
Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.
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Gold People Rich Sheep Wisdom
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
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
He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
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Command Learning Obedience
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
No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.
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Attempt Goodness Nation Patriot Tolerance Try

He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.

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