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Laws are like spiders webs which, if anything small falls into them they ensnare it, but large things break through and escape.

Solon

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
Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.
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Desire Myself Wealth Wrong
No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.
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Attempt Goodness Nation Patriot Tolerance Try
In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.
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Advice Friendship Please Seek
Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.
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Learning Rule Submit
Chide a friend in private and praise him in public.
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Appreciation Friendship Himself Praise Public
He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
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Command Learning Obedience
Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.
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Advantage Agreement Break
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
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
Reprove your friend privately, commend him publicly.
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Commend Friendship Public
Each day grow older, and learn something new.
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Day Growth Learning Old
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
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
To make an empire durable, the magistrates must obey the laws and the people the magistrates.
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Empire Law Obedience People
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

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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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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