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

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True blessedness consisteth in a good life and a happy death.
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Blessing Death Goodness Life True
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
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
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
In the ideal State laws are few and simple, because they have been derived from certainties. In the corrupt State laws are many and confused, because they have been derived from uncertainties.
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Confusion Ideal Law Simplicity State Uncertain
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
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
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
Angels are winged with God’s power.
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Angel God Power Wings
Speech is the mirror of action.
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Action Mirror One Liner Talk
He that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest.
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Frame Interest Public Sale
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
In all things let reason be your guide.
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Guide One Liner Reason Yourself
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
No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.
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Attempt Goodness Nation Patriot Tolerance Try
As I grow older, I constantly learn more.
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Growth Learning Myself Old

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