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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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There is no honest man! not one, that can resist the attraction of gold!
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Gold Honesty Men
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
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
Children have a master to teach them, grown-ups have the poets.
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Children Learning Poet
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
Wealth–the most excellent of all gods.
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Excellence God Money Wealth
Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
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Age Change Time Today Vices
How can I study from below, that which is above?
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Deep Philosophy Study
Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
ARISTOPHANES

Goodness War
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
High thoughts must have high language.
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Language Thinking
When men drink wine they are rich, they are busy, they push lawsuits, they are happy, they are friends.
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Busy Men Wine
The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe.
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Enemy Force Truth
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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Honesty Insult Men Praise
The love of wine is a good man’s failing.
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Failure Ideas Love Men Wine
It often happens that less depends upon the valor of an army than the skill of the leader.
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Army Leadership Skill

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