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Men keep their engagements when it is an advantage to both parties not to break them.

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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
Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.
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Achievement Creation Excess
Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
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Character Noble Promise Trust
Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.
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Gold People Rich Sheep Wisdom
He that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest.
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Frame Interest Public Sale
Reprove your friend privately, commend him publicly.
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Commend Friendship Public
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
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
To make an empire durable, the magistrates must obey the laws and the people the magistrates.
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Empire Law Obedience People
Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.
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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
As I grow older, I constantly learn more.
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Growth Learning Myself Old
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
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
What thou seest, speak of with caution.
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Action Seek Talk Yourself
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

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