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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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Egg Food Kissing
First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.
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Friendship Listening
If you strike upon a thought that baffles you, break off from that entanglement and try another, so shall your wits be fresh to start again.
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Break Thinking Try
Ignorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever.
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Forever Ignorance One Liner Stupidity
Full of wiles, full of guile, at all times, in all ways, are the children of Men.
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Children Man Time
Do not take a blind guide.
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Blind Guide
Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
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Friendship Hunger
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
Woman is adept at getting money for herself and will not easily let herself be deceived; she understands deceit too well herself.
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Deceit Deceived Money
The love of wine is a good man’s failing.
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Failure Ideas Love Men Wine
The wise learn many things from their enemies.
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Enemy Life Wisdom Wise
Let each man exercise the art he knows.
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Art Himself Life Strength
Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
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Character Politician Voice
Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
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Goodness War
Open your mind before your mouth.
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Mind Mouths Yourself
Even if you persuade me, you won’t persuade me.
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Change Yourself
What unlooked-for things do happen, to be sure, in a long life!
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Life Long
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
The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe.
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Enemy Force Truth
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
It is the compelling power of great thoughts and ideas to engender phrases of equal size.
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Ideas Phrases Power Size
It is right that the good should be happy, that the wicked and the impious on the other hand, should be miserable; that is a truth, I believe, which no one will gainsay.
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Believe Evil Hands
These impossible women! How they do get around us! The poet was right: can’t live with them, or without them!
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Impossible Live Poet Right Woman
There’s no art where there’s no fee.
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Art Fee Money
Weak mortals, chained to the earth, creatures of clay as frail as the foliage of the woods, you unfortunate race, whose life is but darkness, as unreal as a shadow, the illusion of a dream.
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Darkness Dream Race
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
Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.
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Atheist Eye Mouth

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