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In all things let reason be your guide.

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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
Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.
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Achievement Creation Excess
If things are going well, religion and legislation are beneficial; if not, they are of no avail.
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Benefit Legislation Religion
Reprove your friend privately, commend him publicly.
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Commend Friendship Public
He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
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Command Learning Obedience
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
Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.
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Advantage Agreement Break
Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.
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Gentle Man Promise 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
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
Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.
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Desire Myself Wealth Wrong
As I grow older, I constantly learn more.
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Growth Learning Myself Old
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
I grow old, ever learning many things.
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Growth Learning Old
Say nothing but good of the dead.
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Death Goodness One Liner
He that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest.
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Frame Interest Public Sale

In all things let reason be your guide.

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