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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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Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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Leadership Life People Wisdom Wise
Words give wings to the mind and make a man soar to heaven.
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Men Mindset Wings
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
Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.
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Ethics Fairness Justice
Love is merely the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
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Desire Love Names Philosophy Pursuit
You can’t have anything else to say: you’ve poured out every drop of what you know.
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Knowledge Yourself
A fox is subtlety itself.
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Animal Foxes
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
Have you ever, looking up, seen a cloud like to a Centaur, a Part, or a Wolf, or a Bull?
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Animal Clouds Nature
A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country’s good.
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Able Country Goodness Men
The old are in a second childhood.
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Age Childhood Old Age One Liner
To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.
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People Promise Winning
Ignorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever.
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Forever Ignorance One Liner Stupidity
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
Wealth–the most excellent of all gods.
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Excellence God Money Wealth

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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