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The ideal state is that in which an injury done to the least of its citizens is an injury done to all.

Solon

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 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
No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.
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Attempt Goodness Nation Patriot Tolerance Try
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
As I grow older, I constantly learn more.
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Growth Learning Myself Old
I grow old learning something new every day.
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Day Growth Old
What thou seest, speak of with caution.
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Action Seek Talk Yourself
Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.
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Gentle Man Promise 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
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
Angels are winged with God’s power.
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Angel God Power Wings
He that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest.
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Frame Interest Public Sale
Laws are like spider’s webs: If some poor weak creature comes up against them, it is caught; but a big one can break through and get away.
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Catch Law Oneself Poor Spider Trap Weakness
If things are going well, religion and legislation are beneficial; if not, they are of no avail.
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Benefit Legislation Religion
Watch well each separate citizen, Lest having in his heart of hearts A secret spear, one still may come Saluting you with cheerful face, And utter with a double tongue The feigned good wishes of his wary mind.
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Citizenship Heart Mindset Oneself Secret Separate
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
Reprove your friend privately, commend him publicly.
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Commend Friendship Public
If all men were to bring their miseries together in one place, most would be glad to take each his own home again rather than take a portion out of the common stock.
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Home Man Misery Oneself Place Togetherness
True blessedness consisteth in a good life and a happy death.
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Blessing Death Goodness Life True
Chide a friend in private and praise him in public.
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Appreciation Friendship Himself Praise Public
Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.
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Achievement Creation Excess
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
Call no man happy until he is dead.
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Call Death Happiness
Speech is the mirror of action.
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Action Mirror One Liner Talk
In all things that you do, consider the end.
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End 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

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