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

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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
Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.
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Gold People Rich Sheep Wisdom
Chide a friend in private and praise him in public.
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Appreciation Friendship Himself Praise Public
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
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
What thou seest, speak of with caution.
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Action Seek Talk Yourself
Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.
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Achievement Creation Excess
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
Speech is the mirror of action.
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Action Mirror One Liner Talk
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
He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
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Command Learning Obedience
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
Learn to obey before you command.
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Command Learning Obedience Yourself
Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.
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Advantage Agreement Break
Say nothing but good of the dead.
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Death Goodness One Liner
Poets tell many lies.
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Lying One Liner Poet
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
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
Seek to learn constantly while you live; do not wait in the faith that old age by itself will bring wisdom.
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Age Faith Learning Live Wisdom
In all things that you do, consider the end.
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End Yourself
I grow old, ever learning many things.
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Growth Learning 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
I grow old learning something new every day.
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Day Growth Old
Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.
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Desire Myself Wealth Wrong
Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.
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Gentle Man Promise Yourself
Angels are winged with God’s power.
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Angel God Power Wings
In all things let reason be your guide.
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Guide One Liner Reason Yourself

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