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Love is merely the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.

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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
No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.
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Gains Honesty Men
Comedy too can sometimes discern what is right. I shall not please, but I shall say what is true.
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Comedy Right True
I saw a cavalry captain buy vegetable soup on horseback. He carried the whole mess home in his helmet.
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Food Home Myself Vegetables
Even if you persuade me, you won’t persuade me.
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Change Yourself
It is bad taste for a poet to be coarse and hairy.
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Coarse Poet Taste
Women, you overheated dipsomaniacs, never passing up a chance to wangle a drink, a great boon to bartenders but a bane to us–not to mention our crockery and our woolens!
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Chance Drink Women
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
Today things are better than yesterday.
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Today Yesterday
There is no beast, no rush of fire, like woman so untamed. She calmly goes her way where even panthers would be shamed.
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Fire Strong Untamed Wild Women
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
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
You can’t have anything else to say: you’ve poured out every drop of what you know.
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Knowledge Yourself
Surely you do not believe in the gods. What’s your argument? Where’s your proof?
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Argument Atheist Believe God Religion
Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
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Age Change Time Today Vices

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