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Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.

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He that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest.
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Frame Interest Public Sale
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 all things let reason be your guide.
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Guide One Liner Reason Yourself
Say nothing but good of the dead.
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Death Goodness One Liner
Each day grow older, and learn something new.
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Day Growth Learning Old
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
Angels are winged with God’s power.
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Angel God Power Wings
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
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
Men keep their agreements when it is an advantage to both parties not to break them; and I shall so frame my laws that it will be evident to the Athenians that it will be for their interest to observe them.
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Advantage Agreement Evidence Frame Interest Man Myself Observation Party
Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
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Character Noble Promise Trust
If things are going well, religion and legislation are beneficial; if not, they are of no avail.
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Benefit Legislation Religion
Pure chastity is beauty to our souls, grace to our bodies, and peace to our desires.
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Chastity Desire Grace Ourselves Peace Purity Soul
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
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
Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.
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Desire Myself Wealth Wrong

Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.

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