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

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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.
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Citizenship Ideal Injury State
I grow old learning something new every day.
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Day Growth Old
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
No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.
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Attempt Goodness Nation Patriot Tolerance Try
In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.
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Advice Friendship Please Seek
What thou seest, speak of with caution.
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Action Seek Talk Yourself
No fool can be silent at a feast.
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Feast Fool One Liner Silence
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
Reprove your friend privately, commend him publicly.
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Commend Friendship Public
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
Poets tell many lies.
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Lying One Liner Poet
He that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest.
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Frame Interest Public Sale
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
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
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
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
Each day grow older, and learn something new.
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Day Growth Learning Old
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
Justice, even if slow, is sure.
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Justice One Liner Slow
If through your vices you afflicted are, Lay not the blame of your distress on God; You made your rulers mighty, gave them guards, So now you groan ‘neath slavery’s heavy rod.
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Blame God Guard Rule Slave Vice Yourself
Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.
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Advantage Agreement Break
As I grow older, I constantly learn more.
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Growth Learning Myself 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
Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.
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Learning Rule Submit
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
Speech is the mirror of action.
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Action Mirror One Liner Talk
Angels are winged with God’s power.
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Angel God Power Wings

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

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