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It should not prejudice my voice that I’m not born a man, if I say something advantageous to the present situation. For I’m taxed too, and as a toll provide men for the nation.

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Ignorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever.
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Forever Ignorance One Liner Stupidity
The love of wine is a good man’s failing.
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Failure Ideas Love Men Wine
Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
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Friendship Hunger
The old are in a second childhood.
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Age Childhood Old Age One Liner
Let each man exercise the art he knows.
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Art Himself Life Strength
I would treat her like an egg, the shell of which we remove before eating it; I would take off her mask and then kiss her pretty face.
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Egg Food Kissing
Does it seem that everything is extravagance in the world, or rather madness, when you watch the way things go? A crowd of rogues enjoy blessings they have won by sheer injustice, while more honest folks are miserable and die of hunger.
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Blessing Death Honesty Mad Misery World
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
Full of wiles, full of guile, at all times, in all ways, are the children of Men.
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Children Man Time
Today things are better than yesterday.
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Today Yesterday
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
Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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Leadership Life People Wisdom Wise
You cannot make a crab walk straight.
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Crabs Habit Walk
Look at the orators in our republics; as long as they are poor, both state and people can only praise their uprightness; but once they are fattened on the public funds, they conceive a hatred for justice, plan intrigues against the people and attack the democracy.
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Justice Long Ourselves People
Woman is adept at getting money for herself and will not easily let herself be deceived; she understands deceit too well herself.
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Deceit Deceived Money
You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.
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Animal Teaching Walk Yourself

It should not prejudice my voice that I’m not born a man, if I say something advantageous to the present situation. For I’m taxed too, and as a toll provide men for the nation.

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It should not prejudice my voice that I’m not born a man, if I say something advantageous to the present situation. For I’m taxed too, and as a toll provide men for the nation.

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