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

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He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
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Command Learning Obedience
In all things let reason be your guide.
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Guide One Liner Reason 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
Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.
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Learning Rule Submit
To make an empire durable, the magistrates must obey the laws and the people the magistrates.
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Empire Law Obedience People
I grow old, ever learning many things.
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Growth Learning Old
Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.
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Advantage Agreement Break
Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.
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Desire Myself Wealth 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
What thou seest, speak of with caution.
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Action Seek Talk Yourself
No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.
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Attempt Goodness Nation Patriot Tolerance Try
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
The ideal state is that in which an injury done to the least of its citizens is an injury done to all.
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Citizenship Ideal Injury State
Call no man happy until he is dead.
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Call Death Happiness
No fool can be silent at a feast.
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Feast Fool One Liner Silence
Let no man be called happy before his death. Till then, he is not happy, only lucky.
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Call Death Happiness Himself

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

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

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