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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
In all things that you do, consider the end.
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End Yourself
True blessedness consisteth in a good life and a happy death.
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Blessing Death Goodness Life True
Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.
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Desire Myself Wealth Wrong
What thou seest, speak of with caution.
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Action Seek Talk Yourself
Reprove your friend privately, commend him publicly.
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Commend Friendship Public
Chide a friend in private and praise him in public.
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Appreciation Friendship Himself Praise Public
If things are going well, religion and legislation are beneficial; if not, they are of no avail.
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Benefit Legislation Religion
Each day grow older, and learn something new.
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Day Growth Learning Old
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
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
Speech is the mirror of action.
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Action Mirror One Liner Talk
As I grow older, I constantly learn more.
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Growth Learning Myself 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
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
To make an empire durable, the magistrates must obey the laws and the people the magistrates.
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Empire Law Obedience People

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