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Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.

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In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.
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Advice Friendship Please Seek
Angels are winged with God’s power.
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Angel God Power Wings
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
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
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
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
In all things that you do, consider the end.
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End Yourself
Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.
SOLON

Learning Rule Submit
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
Laws are like spider’s webs: If some poor weak creature comes up against them, it is caught; but a big one can break through and get away.
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Catch Law Oneself Poor Spider Trap Weakness
Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.
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Desire Myself Wealth Wrong
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
Say nothing but good of the dead.
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Death Goodness One Liner
Reprove your friend privately, commend him publicly.
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Commend Friendship Public

Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.

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