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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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No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.
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Attempt Goodness Nation Patriot Tolerance Try
Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.
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Advantage Agreement Break
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
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
I grow old, ever learning many things.
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Growth Learning Old
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
Call no man happy until he is dead.
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Call Death Happiness
Say nothing but good of the dead.
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Death Goodness One Liner
No fool can be silent at a feast.
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Feast Fool One Liner Silence
Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.
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Desire Myself Wealth Wrong
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
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
What thou seest, speak of with caution.
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Action Seek Talk Yourself
True blessedness consisteth in a good life and a happy death.
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Blessing Death Goodness Life True
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
Reprove your friend privately, commend him publicly.
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Commend Friendship Public

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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