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A fox is subtlety itself.
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Animal Foxes
Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.
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Ethics Fairness Justice
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
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
Open your mind before your mouth.
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Mind Mouths 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
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
Even if you persuade me, you won’t persuade me.
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Change Yourself
The old are in a second childhood.
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Age Childhood Old Age One Liner
Does it seem that everything is extravagance in the world, or rather madness, when you watch the way things go? A crowd of rogues enjoy blessings they have won by sheer injustice, while more honest folks are miserable and die of hunger.
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Blessing Death Honesty Mad Misery World
These impossible women! How they do get around us! The poet was right: can’t live with them, or without them!
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Impossible Live Poet Right Woman
Children have a master to teach them, grown-ups have the poets.
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Children Learning Poet
To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.
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Climbing Lie Necessary Success
Evil events from evil causes spring.
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Evil Result Spring
Let each man exercise the art he knows.
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Art Himself Life Strength

Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.

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