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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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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
No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.
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Attempt Goodness Nation Patriot Tolerance Try
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
Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
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Character Noble Promise Trust
No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.
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Best Fortunate Happiness Himself Man
I grow old learning something new every day.
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Day Growth Old
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
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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End Yourself
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
Chide a friend in private and praise him in public.
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Appreciation Friendship Himself Praise Public
Say nothing but good of the dead.
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Death Goodness One Liner
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
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
As I grow older, I constantly learn more.
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Growth Learning Myself Old
Justice, even if slow, is sure.
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Justice One Liner Slow

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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