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Love is merely the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
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Desire Love Names Philosophy Pursuit
Open your mind before your mouth.
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Mind Mouths Yourself
It is bad taste for a poet to be coarse and hairy.
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Coarse Poet Taste
You cannot make a crab walk straight.
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Crabs Habit Walk
Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
ARISTOPHANES

Goodness War
Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.
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Ethics Fairness Justice
The old are in a second childhood.
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Age Childhood Old Age One Liner
It is the compelling power of great thoughts and ideas to engender phrases of equal size.
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Ideas Phrases Power Size
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
Children have a master to teach them, grown-ups have the poets.
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Children Learning Poet
Why, I’d like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
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Achievement Adventure Journey Travel
Ye Children of Man! whose life is a span, Protracted with sorrow from day to day, Naked and featherless, feeble and querulous, Sickly, calamitous creatures of clay!
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Children Humanity Life Men
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
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
Prayers without wine are perfectly pointless.
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Pointless Prayer Religious Wine
Poverty, the most fearful monster that ever drew breath.
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Evil Fear Poor

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