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How can I study from below, that which is above?

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Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you’ve done.
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Evil Spring Suffering Yourself
Old age is second childhood.
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Age Childhood Old Age One Liner
Even if you persuade me, you won’t persuade me.
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Change Yourself
A fox is subtlety itself.
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Animal Foxes
Woman is adept at getting money for herself and will not easily let herself be deceived; she understands deceit too well herself.
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Deceit Deceived Money
The gods, my dear simple fellow, are a mere expression coined by vulgar superstition. We frown upon such coinage here.
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Expression God Simplicity
It is bad taste for a poet to be coarse and hairy.
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Coarse Poet Taste
Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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Leadership Life People Wisdom Wise
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
Today things are better than yesterday.
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Today Yesterday
Prayers without wine are perfectly pointless.
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Pointless Prayer Religious Wine
Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
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Goodness War
This is what extremely grieves us, that a man who never fought Should contrive our fees to pilfer, on who for his native land Never to this day had oar, or lance, or blister in his hand.
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Fight Grief Hands Himself Men Shine Sun
What unlooked-for things do happen, to be sure, in a long life!
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Life Long
Let each man exercise the art he knows.
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Art Himself Life Strength
The old are in a second childhood.
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Age Childhood Old Age One Liner

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