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

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No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.
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Best Fortunate Happiness Himself Man
Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.
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Gentle Man Promise Yourself
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
He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
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Command Learning Obedience
Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.
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Learning Rule Submit
If things are going well, religion and legislation are beneficial; if not, they are of no avail.
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Benefit Legislation Religion
That city in which those who are not wronged, no less than those who are wronged, exert themselves to punish the wrongdoers.
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Action Punishment Wrong
Each day grow older, and learn something new.
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Day Growth Learning Old
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
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
Angels are winged with God’s power.
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Angel God Power Wings
Justice, even if slow, is sure.
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Justice One Liner Slow
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
Say nothing but good of the dead.
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Death Goodness One Liner
Speech is the mirror of action.
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Action Mirror One Liner Talk

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