Nothing is falser than people’s preconceptions and ready-made opinions; nothing is sillier than their sham morality.

One good turn deserves another.
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Deserve Goodness Turn
Just as dumb creatures are snared by food, human beings would not be caught unless they had a nibble of hope.
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Creature Food Hope
A doctor is nothing more than consolation for the spirit.
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Doctor Spirit
Women are one and all a set of vultures.
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Oneself Vulture Women
Wisdom and beauty form a very rare combination.
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Beautiful Combination Wisdom
While fortune lasts you will see your friend’s face.
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Face Fortune Friendship
A man who is always ready to believe what is told him will never do well, especially a businessman.
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Believe Business Man
Heaven is equally distant everywhere.
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Distance Equality Heaven
Nothing is falser than people’s preconceptions and ready-made opinions; nothing is sillier than their sham morality.
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Conception False Moral People
The mind longs for what it has missed.
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Mindset Missing
Can’t you see that I’m only advising you to beg yourself not to be so dumb
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Advice Beg Dumb See Yourself
A physician is nothing but a consoler of the mind.
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Counseling Mindset
The world wants to be deceived.
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Betrayal World
He has gone over to the majority.
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Himself Majority
What power has law where only money rules?
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Law Money Power Rule
The world wills itself to be deceived, so let it be deceived.
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Allow Betrayal World

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