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No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.

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Learn to obey before you command.
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Command Learning Obedience Yourself
He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
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Command Learning Obedience
Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.
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Achievement Creation Excess
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
In all things that you do, consider the end.
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End Yourself
Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.
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Gentle Man Promise Yourself
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
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
Each day grow older, and learn something new.
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Day Growth Learning Old
Seek to learn constantly while you live; do not wait in the faith that old age by itself will bring wisdom.
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Age Faith Learning Live Wisdom
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
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
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
If things are going well, religion and legislation are beneficial; if not, they are of no avail.
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Benefit Legislation Religion

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