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A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.

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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
Words give wings to the mind and make a man soar to heaven.
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Men Mindset Wings
A slave is but half a man.
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Half Man Slavery
First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.
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Friendship Listening
Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war.
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Friendship Wall War
One bush, they say, can never hide two thieves.
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Hide One Liner Theft Thieves
No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.
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Gains Honesty Men
Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
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Character Politician Voice
Love is merely the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
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Desire Love Names Philosophy Pursuit
Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you’ve done.
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Evil Spring Suffering Yourself
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
It often happens that less depends upon the valor of an army than the skill of the leader.
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Army Leadership Skill
One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.
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Adversity Fortune Grace Trying
A fox is subtlety itself.
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Animal Foxes
Comedy is allied to justice.
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Comedy Justice Lying
Let each man exercise the art he knows.
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Art Himself Life Strength

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