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One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.
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Adversity Fortune Grace Trying
The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe.
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Enemy Force Truth
Ignorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever.
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Forever Ignorance One Liner Stupidity
Do not take a blind guide.
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Blind Guide
Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.
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Ethics Fairness Justice
Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
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Friendship Hunger
You can’t have anything else to say: you’ve poured out every drop of what you know.
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Knowledge Yourself
Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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Leadership Life People Wisdom Wise
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
When men drink wine they are rich, they are busy, they push lawsuits, they are happy, they are friends.
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Busy Men Wine
Children have a master to teach them, grown-ups have the poets.
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Children Learning Poet
You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.
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Animal Teaching Walk Yourself
What unlooked-for things do happen, to be sure, in a long life!
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Life Long
One bush, they say, can never hide two thieves.
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Hide One Liner Theft Thieves
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
Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
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Goodness War

The old are in a second childhood.

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