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If things are going well, religion and legislation are beneficial; if not, they are of no avail.

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Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.
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Advantage Agreement Break
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
He that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest.
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Frame Interest Public Sale
Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.
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Learning Rule Submit
Each day grow older, and learn something new.
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Day Growth Learning 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
Watch well each separate citizen, Lest having in his heart of hearts A secret spear, one still may come Saluting you with cheerful face, And utter with a double tongue The feigned good wishes of his wary mind.
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Citizenship Heart Mindset Oneself Secret Separate
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
If things are going well, religion and legislation are beneficial; if not, they are of no avail.
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Benefit Legislation Religion
I grow old learning something new every day.
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Day Growth Old
Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.
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Gentle Man Promise Yourself
True blessedness consisteth in a good life and a happy death.
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Blessing Death Goodness Life True
In the ideal State laws are few and simple, because they have been derived from certainties. In the corrupt State laws are many and confused, because they have been derived from uncertainties.
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Confusion Ideal Law Simplicity State Uncertain
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
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

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