Society is well governed when the people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law

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Learn to obey before you command.

Learn to obey before you command.

I grow old learning something new everyday.

I grow old learning something new everyday.

Laws are like spiders' webs which, if anything small falls into them they ensnare it,...

Laws are like spiders' webs which, if anything small falls into them they ensnare it,...

Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.

Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.

Call no man happy until he is dead, but only lucky.

Call no man happy until he is dead, but only lucky.

Let no man be called happy before his death. Till then, he is not happy,...

Let no man be called happy before his death. Till then, he is not happy,...

In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.

In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.

If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap, whence everyone must take an...

If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap, whence everyone must take an...

I grow old learning something new every day.

I grow old learning something new every day.

Speech is the mirror of action.

Speech is the mirror of action.

Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.

Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.

No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.

No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.

Call no man happy until he is dead, but only lucky.

Call no man happy until he is dead, but only lucky.

No man is happy. He is, at best, fortunate.

No man is happy. He is, at best, fortunate.

No one can be said to be happy until he is dead.

No one can be said to be happy until he is dead.

Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the...

Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the...