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What thou seest, speak of with caution.
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Action Seek Talk Yourself
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
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
No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.
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Best Fortunate Happiness Himself Man
He that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest.
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Frame Interest Public Sale
Men keep their agreements when it is an advantage to both parties not to break them; and I shall so frame my laws that it will be evident to the Athenians that it will be for their interest to observe them.
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Advantage Agreement Evidence Frame Interest Man Myself Observation Party
As I grow older, I constantly learn more.
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Growth Learning Myself Old
If things are going well, religion and legislation are beneficial; if not, they are of no avail.
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Benefit Legislation Religion
In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.
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Advice Friendship Please Seek
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
Learn to obey before you command.
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Command Learning Obedience Yourself
Poets tell many lies.
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Lying One Liner Poet
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
Speech is the mirror of action.
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Action Mirror One Liner Talk
Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.
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Gentle Man Promise Yourself
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

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