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In all things that you do, consider the end.

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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
As I grow older, I constantly learn more.
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Growth Learning Myself Old
No fool can be silent at a feast.
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Feast Fool One Liner Silence
He that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest.
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Frame Interest Public Sale
No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.
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Best Fortunate Happiness Himself Man
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
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 all things let reason be your guide.
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Guide One Liner Reason Yourself
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
Speech is the mirror of action.
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Action Mirror One Liner Talk
Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.
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Learning Rule Submit
Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.
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Gold People Rich Sheep Wisdom
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
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
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

In all things that you do, consider the end.

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