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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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Learn to obey before you command.
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Command Learning Obedience Yourself
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
As I grow older, I constantly learn more.
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Growth Learning Myself Old
Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.
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Achievement Creation Excess
Each day grow older, and learn something new.
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Day Growth Learning Old
In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.
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Advice Friendship Please Seek
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
Seek to learn constantly while you live; do not wait in the faith that old age by itself will bring wisdom.
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Age Faith Learning Live Wisdom
He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
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Command Learning Obedience
Men keep their agreements when it is an advantage to both parties not to break them; and I shall so frame my laws that it will be evident to the Athenians that it will be for their interest to observe them.
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Advantage Agreement Evidence Frame Interest Man Myself Observation Party
No fool can be silent at a feast.
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Feast Fool One Liner Silence
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
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
If things are going well, religion and legislation are beneficial; if not, they are of no avail.
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Benefit Legislation Religion
No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.
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Attempt Goodness Nation Patriot Tolerance Try
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

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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