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You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.

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Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you’ve done.
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Evil Spring Suffering Yourself
Evil events from evil causes spring.
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Evil Result Spring
Under every stone lurks a politician.
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Hide Politics Witty
A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country’s good.
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Able Country Goodness Men
How can I study from below, that which is above?
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Deep Philosophy Study
Do not take a blind guide.
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Blind Guide
Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
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Goodness War
Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.
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Atheist Eye Mouth
Old age is second childhood.
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Age Childhood Old Age One Liner
Today things are better than yesterday.
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Today Yesterday
Why, I’d like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
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Achievement Adventure Journey Travel
Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.
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Ethics Fairness Justice
There’s no art where there’s no fee.
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Art Fee Money
You vote yourselves salaries out of the public funds and care only for your own personal interests; hence the state limps along.
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Care Salary Vote Yourself
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
By words the mind is winged.
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Mindset Wings Word
Wealth–the most excellent of all gods.
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Excellence God Money Wealth
No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.
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Gains Honesty Men
An actor should refine public taste.
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Actors Taste
You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.
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Animal Teaching Walk Yourself
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
Children have a master to teach them, grown-ups have the poets.
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Children Learning Poet
Prayers without wine are perfectly pointless.
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Pointless Prayer Religious Wine
One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.
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Adversity Fortune Grace Trying
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
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
Even if you persuade me, you won’t persuade me.
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Change Yourself

You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.

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