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Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.

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What unlooked-for things do happen, to be sure, in a long life!
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Life Long
A fox is subtlety itself.
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Animal Foxes
Poverty, the most fearful monster that ever drew breath.
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Evil Fear Poor
Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
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Character Politician Voice
You can’t have anything else to say: you’ve poured out every drop of what you know.
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Knowledge Yourself
First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.
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Friendship Listening
Old age is second childhood.
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Age Childhood Old Age One Liner
Comedy is allied to justice.
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Comedy Justice Lying
Ignorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever.
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Forever Ignorance One Liner Stupidity
Even if you persuade me, you won’t persuade me.
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Change Yourself
Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
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Goodness War
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
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
Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.
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Atheist Eye Mouth
One bush, they say, can never hide two thieves.
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Hide One Liner Theft Thieves
Look at the orators in our republics; as long as they are poor, both state and people can only praise their uprightness; but once they are fattened on the public funds, they conceive a hatred for justice, plan intrigues against the people and attack the democracy.
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Justice Long Ourselves People

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