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True blessedness consisteth in a good life and a happy death.

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Angels are winged with God’s power.
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Angel God Power Wings
Men keep their engagements when it is an advantage to both parties not to break them.
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Engagement Man Myself Party Relationship
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
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
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
He that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest.
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Frame Interest Public Sale
Poets tell many lies.
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Lying One Liner Poet
No fool can be silent at a feast.
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Feast Fool One Liner Silence
To make an empire durable, the magistrates must obey the laws and the people the magistrates.
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Empire Law Obedience People
As I grow older, I constantly learn more.
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Growth Learning Myself Old
Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.
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Learning Rule Submit
Speech is the mirror of action.
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Action Mirror One Liner Talk
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
In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.
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Advice Friendship Please Seek
Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
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Character Noble Promise Trust
I grow old, ever learning many things.
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Growth Learning Old

True blessedness consisteth in a good life and a happy death.

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