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Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.

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In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.
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Advice Friendship Please Seek
In all things let reason be your guide.
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Guide One Liner Reason Yourself
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
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
To make an empire durable, the magistrates must obey the laws and the people the magistrates.
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Empire Law Obedience People
Chide a friend in private and praise him in public.
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Appreciation Friendship Himself Praise Public
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
I grow old, ever learning many things.
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Growth Learning Old
Angels are winged with God’s power.
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Angel God Power Wings
Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
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Character Noble Promise Trust
No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.
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Best Fortunate Happiness Himself Man
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
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
No fool can be silent at a feast.
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Feast Fool One Liner Silence
No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.
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Attempt Goodness Nation Patriot Tolerance Try
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

Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.

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