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

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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
Chide a friend in private and praise him in public.
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Appreciation Friendship Himself Praise Public
Poets tell many lies.
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Lying One Liner Poet
Learn to obey before you command.
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Command Learning Obedience Yourself
He that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest.
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Frame Interest Public Sale
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
What thou seest, speak of with caution.
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Action Seek Talk Yourself
I grow old, ever learning many things.
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Growth Learning Old
Justice, even if slow, is sure.
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Justice One Liner Slow
In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.
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Advice Friendship Please Seek
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
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
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
If things are going well, religion and legislation are beneficial; if not, they are of no avail.
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Benefit Legislation Religion
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

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

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