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The love of wine is a good man’s failing.

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You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.
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Animal Teaching Walk Yourself
These impossible women! How they do get around us! The poet was right: can’t live with them, or without them!
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Impossible Live Poet Right Woman
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
To invoke solely the weaker arguments and yet triumph is an art worth more than a hundred thousand drachmae.
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Argument Art Success
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
Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.
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Ethics Fairness Justice
Open your mind before your mouth.
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Mind Mouths Yourself
By words the mind is winged.
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Mindset Wings Word
Today things are better than yesterday.
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Today Yesterday
Do not take a blind guide.
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Blind Guide
Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
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Character Politician Voice
It is the compelling power of great thoughts and ideas to engender phrases of equal size.
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Ideas Phrases Power Size
To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.
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People Promise Winning
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
Ignorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever.
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Forever Ignorance One Liner Stupidity
A man’s homeland is wherever he prospers.
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House Men Wisdom Words

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