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Call no man happy until he is dead.

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In all things let reason be your guide.
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Guide One Liner Reason Yourself
Call no man happy until he is dead.
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Call Death Happiness
Say nothing but good of the dead.
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Death Goodness One Liner
Poets tell many lies.
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Lying One Liner Poet
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
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
Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.
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Achievement Creation Excess
Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.
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Gold People Rich Sheep Wisdom
Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.
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Gentle Man Promise 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
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
Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.
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Desire Myself Wealth Wrong
If all men were to bring their miseries together in one place, most would be glad to take each his own home again rather than take a portion out of the common stock.
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Home Man Misery Oneself Place Togetherness
No fool can be silent at a feast.
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Feast Fool One Liner Silence
Speech is the mirror of action.
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Action Mirror One Liner Talk
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

Call no man happy until he is dead.

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