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In all things that you do, consider the end.
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End Yourself
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
No fool can be silent at a feast.
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Feast Fool One Liner Silence
Call no man happy until he is dead.
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Call Death Happiness
In all things let reason be your guide.
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Guide One Liner Reason Yourself
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
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
Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.
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Achievement Creation Excess
I grow old learning something new every day.
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Day Growth Old
True blessedness consisteth in a good life and a happy death.
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Blessing Death Goodness Life True
Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.
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Learning Rule Submit
Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.
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Gentle Man Promise Yourself
If things are going well, religion and legislation are beneficial; if not, they are of no avail.
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Benefit Legislation Religion
Pure chastity is beauty to our souls, grace to our bodies, and peace to our desires.
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Chastity Desire Grace Ourselves Peace Purity Soul
Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.
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Advantage Agreement Break
Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.
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Desire Myself Wealth Wrong
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
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
To make an empire durable, the magistrates must obey the laws and the people the magistrates.
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Empire Law Obedience People
He that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest.
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Frame Interest Public Sale
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
He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
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Command Learning Obedience
Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.
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Gold People Rich Sheep Wisdom
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
I grow old, ever learning many things.
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Growth Learning Old
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
Angels are winged with God’s power.
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Angel God Power Wings

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