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The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe.

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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
To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.
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Climbing Lie Necessary Success
High thoughts must have high language.
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Language Thinking
Even if you persuade me, you won’t persuade me.
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Change Yourself
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
You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.
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Animal Teaching Walk Yourself
You possess all the attributes of a demagogue; a screeching, horrible voice, a perverse, crossgrained nature and the language of the market-place. In you all is united which is needful for governing.
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Character Government Language Nature Need Voice
Evil events from evil causes spring.
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Evil Result Spring
There’s no art where there’s no fee.
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Art Fee Money
First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.
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Friendship Listening
Why, I’d like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
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Achievement Adventure Journey Travel
By words the mind is winged.
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Mindset Wings Word
A demagogue must be neither an educated nor an honest man; he has to be an ignoramus and a rogue.
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Education Honest Men
Do not bandy words with your father, nor treat him as a dotard, nor reproach the old man, who has cherished you, with his age.
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Age Father Happiness Men
Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
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Goodness War
Children have a master to teach them, grown-ups have the poets.
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Children Learning Poet

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