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I would treat her like an egg, the shell of which we remove before eating it; I would take off her mask and then kiss her pretty face.
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Egg Food Kissing
An actor should refine public taste.
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Actors Taste
Why, I’d like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
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Achievement Adventure Journey Travel
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 man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country’s good.
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Able Country Goodness Men
Love is merely the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
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Desire Love Names Philosophy Pursuit
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 take a blind guide.
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Blind Guide
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
A slave is but half a man.
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Half Man Slavery
Have you ever, looking up, seen a cloud like to a Centaur, a Part, or a Wolf, or a Bull?
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Animal Clouds Nature
First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.
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Friendship Listening
Evil events from evil causes spring.
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Evil Result Spring
You cannot make a crab walk straight.
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Crabs Habit Walk
How can I study from below, that which is above?
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Deep Philosophy Study
Wealth–the most excellent of all gods.
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Excellence God Money Wealth

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