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An insult directed at the wicked is not to be censured; on the contrary, the honest man, if he has sense, can only applaud.

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An actor should refine public taste.
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Actors Taste
Wealth–the most excellent of all gods.
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Excellence God Money Wealth
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
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
To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.
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People Promise Winning
Why, I’d like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
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Achievement Adventure Journey Travel
You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.
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Animal Teaching Walk Yourself
You cannot make a crab walk straight.
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Crabs Habit Walk
First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.
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Friendship Listening
Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
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Friendship Hunger
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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Born Feminism Men Myself Nation Voice
Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you’ve done.
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Evil Spring Suffering Yourself
Do not take a blind guide.
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Blind Guide
Do not bandy words with your father, nor treat him as a dotard, nor reproach the old man, who has cherished you, with his age.
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Age Father Happiness Men
To invoke solely the weaker arguments and yet triumph is an art worth more than a hundred thousand drachmae.
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Argument Art Success
Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
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Age Change Time Today Vices

An insult directed at the wicked is not to be censured; on the contrary, the honest man, if he has sense, can only applaud.

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