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Poverty, the most fearful monster that ever drew breath.
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Evil Fear Poor
Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
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Character Politician Voice
Children have a master to teach them, grown-ups have the poets.
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Children Learning Poet
To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.
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Climbing Lie Necessary Success
Do not take a blind guide.
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Blind Guide
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
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
An insult directed at the wicked is not to be censured; on the contrary, the honest man, if he has sense, can only applaud.
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Honesty Insult Men Praise
Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.
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Atheist Eye Mouth
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
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
A slave is but half a man.
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Half Man Slavery
Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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Leadership Life People Wisdom Wise
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
You cannot make a crab walk straight.
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Crabs Habit Walk
A man’s homeland is wherever he prospers.
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House Men Wisdom Words

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