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High thoughts must have high language.

Aristophanes

It is the compelling power of great thoughts and ideas to engender phrases of equal size.
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Ideas Phrases Power Size
Words give wings to the mind and make a man soar to heaven.
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Men Mindset Wings
If you strike upon a thought that baffles you, break off from that entanglement and try another, so shall your wits be fresh to start again.
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Break Thinking Try
Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you’ve done.
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Evil Spring Suffering 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
Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.
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Ethics Fairness Justice
Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
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Friendship Hunger
Poverty, the most fearful monster that ever drew breath.
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Evil Fear Poor
Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever.
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Age Education Forever Ignorance Stupidity Youth
Comedy is allied to justice.
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Comedy Justice Lying
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
Why, I’d like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
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Achievement Adventure Journey Travel
Under every stone lurks a politician.
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Hide Politics Witty
One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.
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Adversity Fortune Grace Trying
What unlooked-for things do happen, to be sure, in a long life!
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Life Long
It is right that the good should be happy, that the wicked and the impious on the other hand, should be miserable; that is a truth, I believe, which no one will gainsay.
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Believe Evil Hands

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