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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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First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.
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Friendship Listening
Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
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Goodness War
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
One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.
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Adversity Fortune Grace Trying
A man’s homeland is wherever he prospers.
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House Men Wisdom Words
You can’t have anything else to say: you’ve poured out every drop of what you know.
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Knowledge Yourself
To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.
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People Promise Winning
Evil events from evil causes spring.
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Evil Result Spring
Words give wings to the mind and make a man soar to heaven.
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Men Mindset Wings
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
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
Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever.
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Age Education Forever Ignorance Stupidity Youth
Old age is second childhood.
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Age Childhood Old Age One Liner
Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.
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Clever Mindset Wine
Open your mind before your mouth.
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Mind Mouths Yourself
By words the mind is winged.
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Mindset Wings Word

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