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Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.

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True blessedness consisteth in a good life and a happy death.
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Blessing Death Goodness Life True
Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.
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Achievement Creation Excess
In all things let reason be your guide.
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Guide One Liner Reason Yourself
In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.
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Advice Friendship Please Seek
Speech is the mirror of action.
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Action Mirror One Liner Talk
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
Chide a friend in private and praise him in public.
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Appreciation Friendship Himself Praise Public
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
He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
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Command Learning Obedience
Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.
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Advantage Agreement Break
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
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
For often evil men are rich, and good men poor; But we will not exchange with them Our virtue for their wealth since one abides always, While riches change their owners every day.
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exchange Man Ourselves Poor Rich Virtue
No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.
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Best Fortunate Happiness Himself Man
No fool can be silent at a feast.
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Feast Fool One Liner Silence
Each day grow older, and learn something new.
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Day Growth Learning Old

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