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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
A fox is subtlety itself.
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Animal Foxes
Ye Children of Man! whose life is a span, Protracted with sorrow from day to day, Naked and featherless, feeble and querulous, Sickly, calamitous creatures of clay!
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Children Humanity Life Men
Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.
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Atheist Eye Mouth
Prayers without wine are perfectly pointless.
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Pointless Prayer Religious Wine
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
Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
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Goodness War
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
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
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
Poverty, the most fearful monster that ever drew breath.
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Evil Fear Poor
A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country’s good.
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Able Country Goodness Men
A slave is but half a man.
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Half Man Slavery
The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe.
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Enemy Force Truth
One bush, they say, can never hide two thieves.
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Hide One Liner Theft Thieves
Do not take a blind guide.
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