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Justice, even if slow, is sure.

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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
Angels are winged with God’s power.
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Angel God Power Wings
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
He that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest.
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Frame Interest Public Sale
Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.
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Gold People Rich Sheep Wisdom
Call no man happy until he is dead.
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Call Death Happiness
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
Reprove your friend privately, commend him publicly.
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Commend Friendship Public
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
To make an empire durable, the magistrates must obey the laws and the people the magistrates.
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Empire Law Obedience People
Each day grow older, and learn something new.
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Day Growth Learning Old
Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.
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Learning Rule Submit
Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.
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Advantage Agreement Break
If things are going well, religion and legislation are beneficial; if not, they are of no avail.
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Benefit Legislation Religion
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

Justice, even if slow, is sure.

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