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Pure chastity is beauty to our souls, grace to our bodies, and peace to our desires.

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Reprove your friend privately, commend him publicly.
SOLON

Commend Friendship Public
Learn to obey before you command.
SOLON

Command Learning Obedience Yourself
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
Let no man be called happy before his death. Till then, he is not happy, only lucky.
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Call Death Happiness Himself
Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.
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Gold People Rich Sheep Wisdom
Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
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Character Noble Promise Trust
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
I grow old, ever learning many things.
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Growth Learning Old
No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.
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Best Fortunate Happiness Himself Man
Each day grow older, and learn something new.
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Day Growth Learning Old
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
Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.
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Gentle Man Promise Yourself
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
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
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.
SOLON

Benefit Legislation Religion

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