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The gods, my dear simple fellow, are a mere expression coined by vulgar superstition. We frown upon such coinage here.
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Expression God Simplicity
Today things are better than yesterday.
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Today Yesterday
A man’s homeland is wherever he prospers.
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House Men Wisdom Words
Poverty, the most fearful monster that ever drew breath.
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Evil Fear Poor
Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
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Goodness War
Prayers without wine are perfectly pointless.
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Pointless Prayer Religious Wine
Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
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Age Change Time Today Vices
First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.
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Friendship Listening
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
Comedy is allied to justice.
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Comedy Justice Lying
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
Words give wings to the mind and make a man soar to heaven.
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Men Mindset Wings
You possess all the attributes of a demagogue; a screeching, horrible voice, a perverse, crossgrained nature and the language of the market-place. In you all is united which is needful for governing.
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Character Government Language Nature Need Voice
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
Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you’ve done.
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Evil Spring Suffering Yourself
There is no honest man! not one, that can resist the attraction of gold!
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Gold Honesty Men

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