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I grow old learning something new every day.
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Day Growth Old
No fool can be silent at a feast.
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Feast Fool One Liner Silence
Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.
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Gold People Rich Sheep Wisdom
Watch well each separate citizen, Lest having in his heart of hearts A secret spear, one still may come Saluting you with cheerful face, And utter with a double tongue The feigned good wishes of his wary mind.
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Citizenship Heart Mindset Oneself Secret Separate
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
Reprove your friend privately, commend him publicly.
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Commend Friendship Public
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
In all things let reason be your guide.
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Guide One Liner Reason 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
Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.
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Desire Myself Wealth Wrong
Poets tell many lies.
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Lying One Liner Poet
To make an empire durable, the magistrates must obey the laws and the people the magistrates.
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Empire Law Obedience People
What thou seest, speak of with caution.
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Action Seek Talk Yourself
In all things that you do, consider the end.
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End Yourself
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
Speech is the mirror of action.
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Action Mirror One Liner Talk
If things are going well, religion and legislation are beneficial; if not, they are of no avail.
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Benefit Legislation Religion
Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.
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Gentle Man Promise Yourself
If all men were to bring their miseries together in one place, most would be glad to take each his own home again rather than take a portion out of the common stock.
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Home Man Misery Oneself Place Togetherness
Each day grow older, and learn something new.
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Day Growth Learning Old
No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.
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Attempt Goodness Nation Patriot Tolerance Try
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
Chide a friend in private and praise him in public.
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Appreciation Friendship Himself Praise Public
Say nothing but good of the dead.
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Death Goodness One Liner
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
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
I grow old, ever learning many things.
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Growth Learning Old

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