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Prayers without wine are perfectly pointless.

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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
You can’t have anything else to say: you’ve poured out every drop of what you know.
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Knowledge Yourself
The wise learn many things from their enemies.
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Enemy Life Wisdom Wise
An actor should refine public taste.
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Actors Taste
To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.
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People Promise Winning
Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war.
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Friendship Wall War
One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.
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Adversity Fortune Grace Trying
A demagogue must be neither an educated nor an honest man; he has to be an ignoramus and a rogue.
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Education Honest Men
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
When men drink, then they are rich and successful and win lawsuits and are happy and help their friends. Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.
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Alcohol Clever Friendship Rich Successful Wine
It should not prejudice my voice that I’m not born a man, if I say something advantageous to the present situation. For I’m taxed too, and as a toll provide men for the nation.
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Born Feminism Men Myself Nation Voice
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
Even if you persuade me, you won’t persuade me.
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Change Yourself
No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.
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Gains Honesty Men
The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe.
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Enemy Force Truth
By words the mind is winged.
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Mindset Wings Word

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