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

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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
In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.
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Advice Friendship Please Seek
I grow old, ever learning many things.
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Growth Learning Old
Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.
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Government Law Obedience People Society
True blessedness consisteth in a good life and a happy death.
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Blessing Death Goodness Life True
Say nothing but good of the dead.
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Death Goodness One Liner
Angels are winged with God’s power.
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Angel God Power Wings
Reprove your friend privately, commend him publicly.
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Commend Friendship Public
I grow old learning something new every day.
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Day Growth Old
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
To make an empire durable, the magistrates must obey the laws and the people the magistrates.
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Empire Law Obedience People
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
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
Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.
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Advantage Agreement Break
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

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