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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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Evil events from evil causes spring.
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Evil Result Spring
The love of wine is a good man’s failing.
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Failure Ideas Love Men Wine
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
Children have a master to teach them, grown-ups have the poets.
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Children Learning Poet
High thoughts must have high language.
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Language Thinking
You can’t have anything else to say: you’ve poured out every drop of what you know.
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Knowledge Yourself
Comedy too can sometimes discern what is right. I shall not please, but I shall say what is true.
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Comedy Right True
Love is merely the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
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Desire Love Names Philosophy Pursuit
A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
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Enemy Inspirational Learning Man Wisdom
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
Poverty, the most fearful monster that ever drew breath.
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Evil Fear Poor
A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country’s good.
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Able Country Goodness Men
Ignorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever.
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Forever Ignorance One Liner Stupidity
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
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
Women, you overheated dipsomaniacs, never passing up a chance to wangle a drink, a great boon to bartenders but a bane to us–not to mention our crockery and our woolens!
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Chance Drink Women

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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