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In all things that you do, consider the end.

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I grow old, ever learning many things.
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Growth Learning Old
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
Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.
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Gold People Rich Sheep Wisdom
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
Angels are winged with God’s power.
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Angel God Power Wings
Speech is the mirror of action.
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Action Mirror One Liner Talk
Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.
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Advantage Agreement Break
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
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
No fool can be silent at a feast.
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Feast Fool One Liner Silence
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
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
Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.
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Learning Rule Submit
Learn to obey before you command.
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Command Learning Obedience 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
Call no man happy until he is dead.
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Call Death Happiness

In all things that you do, consider the end.

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