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Why, I’d like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
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Achievement Adventure Journey Travel
Under every stone lurks a politician.
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Hide Politics Witty
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
You possess all the attributes of a demagogue; a screeching, horrible voice, a perverse, crossgrained nature and the language of the market-place. In you all is united which is needful for governing.
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Character Government Language Nature Need Voice
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
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
Evil events from evil causes spring.
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Evil Result Spring
Ignorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever.
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Forever Ignorance One Liner Stupidity
One bush, they say, can never hide two thieves.
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Hide One Liner Theft Thieves
To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.
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People Promise Winning
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
Look at the orators in our republics; as long as they are poor, both state and people can only praise their uprightness; but once they are fattened on the public funds, they conceive a hatred for justice, plan intrigues against the people and attack the democracy.
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Justice Long Ourselves People
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
High thoughts must have high language.
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Language Thinking
Comedy is allied to justice.
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Comedy Justice Lying
Open your mind before your mouth.
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Mind Mouths Yourself

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