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When men drink wine they are rich, they are busy, they push lawsuits, they are happy, they are friends.
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Busy Men Wine
Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
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Character Politician Voice
Poverty, the most fearful monster that ever drew breath.
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Evil Fear Poor
High thoughts must have high language.
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Language Thinking
Ye Children of Man! whose life is a span, Protracted with sorrow from day to day, Naked and featherless, feeble and querulous, Sickly, calamitous creatures of clay!
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Children Humanity Life Men
If a man owes me money, I never seem to forget. But if I do the owing, I somehow never remember.
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Debt Funny Men Money Owing
What unlooked-for things do happen, to be sure, in a long life!
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Life Long
One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.
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Adversity Fortune Grace Trying
Women, you overheated dipsomaniacs, never passing up a chance to wangle a drink, a great boon to bartenders but a bane to us–not to mention our crockery and our woolens!
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Chance Drink Women
I saw a cavalry captain buy vegetable soup on horseback. He carried the whole mess home in his helmet.
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Food Home Myself Vegetables
Words give wings to the mind and make a man soar to heaven.
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Men Mindset Wings
Comedy is allied to justice.
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Comedy Justice Lying
Full of wiles, full of guile, at all times, in all ways, are the children of Men.
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Children Man Time
Ignorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever.
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Forever Ignorance One Liner Stupidity
You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.
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Animal Teaching Walk Yourself
Mix and knead together all the state business as you do for your sausages. To win the people, always cook them some savory that pleases them.
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People Together Winning

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