Under every stone lurks a politician.
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One bush, they say, can never hide two thieves.
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Under every stone lurks a politician.
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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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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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A demagogue must be neither an educated nor an honest man; he has to be an ignoramus and a rogue.
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By words the mind is winged.
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One bush, they say, can never hide two thieves.
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Prayers without wine are perfectly pointless.
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Ignorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever.
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The gods, my dear simple fellow, are a mere expression coined by vulgar superstition. We frown upon such coinage here.
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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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To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.
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Even if you persuade me, you won’t persuade me.
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