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Why, I’d like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.

Aristophanes

Let each man exercise the art he knows.
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Art Himself Life Strength
It is the compelling power of great thoughts and ideas to engender phrases of equal size.
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Ideas Phrases Power Size
Tis not for us to warn a wilful sinner; We stay him not, but let him run his course, Till by misfortunes rous’d, his conscience wakes, And prompts him to appease th’ offended gods.
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Courses Fortune God Running Wake
Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon that road which you must travel in the steps they trod.
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Best Death Friendship Lost Road Travel
The old are in a second childhood.
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Age Childhood Old Age One Liner
Evil events from evil causes spring.
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Evil Result Spring
Full of wiles, full of guile, at all times, in all ways, are the children of Men.
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Children Man Time
Prayers without wine are perfectly pointless.
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Pointless Prayer Religious Wine
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
By words the mind is winged.
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Mindset Wings Word
If a man owes me money, I never seem to forget. But if I do the owing, I somehow never remember.
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Debt Funny Men Money Owing
The wise learn many things from their enemies.
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Enemy Life Wisdom Wise
A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country’s good.
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Able Country Goodness Men
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
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
A fox is subtlety itself.
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Animal Foxes

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