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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
Old age is second childhood.
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Age Childhood Old Age One Liner
It is bad taste for a poet to be coarse and hairy.
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Coarse Poet Taste
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
It is right that the good should be happy, that the wicked and the impious on the other hand, should be miserable; that is a truth, I believe, which no one will gainsay.
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Believe Evil Hands
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
Do not take a blind guide.
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Blind Guide
You cannot make a crab walk straight.
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Crabs Habit Walk
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
Poverty, the most fearful monster that ever drew breath.
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Evil Fear Poor
A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country’s good.
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Able Country Goodness Men
You possess all the attributes of a demagogue; a screeching, horrible voice, a perverse, crossgrained nature and the language of the market-place. In you all is united which is needful for governing.
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Character Government Language Nature Need Voice
Ignorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever.
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Forever Ignorance One Liner Stupidity
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
Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon that road which you must travel in the steps they trod.
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Best Death Friendship Lost Road Travel
Under every stone lurks a politician.
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Hide Politics Witty
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
High thoughts must have high language.
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Language Thinking
Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.
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Ethics Fairness Justice
Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you’ve done.
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Evil Spring Suffering Yourself
Comedy is allied to justice.
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Comedy Justice Lying
Love is merely the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
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Desire Love Names Philosophy Pursuit
A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
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Enemy Inspirational Learning Man Wisdom
One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.
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Adversity Fortune Grace Trying
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
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

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