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The wise learn many things from their enemies.

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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
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
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
First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.
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Friendship Listening
If a man owes me money, I never seem to forget. But if I do the owing, I somehow never remember.
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Debt Funny Men Money Owing
I saw a cavalry captain buy vegetable soup on horseback. He carried the whole mess home in his helmet.
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Food Home Myself Vegetables
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
Today things are better than yesterday.
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Today Yesterday
Full of wiles, full of guile, at all times, in all ways, are the children of Men.
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Children Man Time
It is the compelling power of great thoughts and ideas to engender phrases of equal size.
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Ideas Phrases Power Size
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
A man’s homeland is wherever he prospers.
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House Men Wisdom Words
One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.
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Adversity Fortune Grace Trying
Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.
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Clever Mindset Wine
Look at the orators in our republics; as long as they are poor, both state and people can only praise their uprightness; but once they are fattened on the public funds, they conceive a hatred for justice, plan intrigues against the people and attack the democracy.
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Justice Long Ourselves People
The wise learn many things from their enemies.
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Enemy Life Wisdom Wise

The wise learn many things from their enemies.

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