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

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True blessedness consisteth in a good life and a happy death.
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Blessing Death Goodness Life True
I grow old, ever learning many things.
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Growth Learning Old
If through your vices you afflicted are, Lay not the blame of your distress on God; You made your rulers mighty, gave them guards, So now you groan ‘neath slavery’s heavy rod.
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Blame God Guard Rule Slave Vice Yourself
Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.
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Achievement Creation Excess
He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
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Command Learning Obedience
Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.
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Gentle Man Promise Yourself
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
Speech is the mirror of action.
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Action Mirror One Liner Talk
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
Reprove your friend privately, commend him publicly.
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Commend Friendship Public
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
No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.
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Best Fortunate Happiness Himself Man
Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.
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Desire Myself Wealth Wrong
If things are going well, religion and legislation are beneficial; if not, they are of no avail.
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Benefit Legislation Religion
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

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