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To make an empire durable, the magistrates must obey the laws and the people the magistrates.

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Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.
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Desire Myself Wealth Wrong
No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.
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Attempt Goodness Nation Patriot Tolerance Try
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
He that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest.
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Frame Interest Public Sale
To make an empire durable, the magistrates must obey the laws and the people the magistrates.
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Empire Law Obedience People
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
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
If things are going well, religion and legislation are beneficial; if not, they are of no avail.
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Benefit Legislation Religion
Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.
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Advantage Agreement Break
Angels are winged with God’s power.
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Angel God Power Wings
Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.
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Gold People Rich Sheep Wisdom
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
In all things let reason be your guide.
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Guide One Liner Reason Yourself
I grow old, ever learning many things.
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Growth Learning Old
In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.
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Advice Friendship Please Seek
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
Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.
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Learning Rule Submit
Chide a friend in private and praise him in public.
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Appreciation Friendship Himself Praise Public
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
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
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
Justice, even if slow, is sure.
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Justice One Liner Slow
True blessedness consisteth in a good life and a happy death.
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Blessing Death Goodness Life True
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
Reprove your friend privately, commend him publicly.
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Commend Friendship Public
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 fool can be silent at a feast.
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Feast Fool One Liner Silence

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