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By words the mind is winged.

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This is what extremely grieves us, that a man who never fought Should contrive our fees to pilfer, on who for his native land Never to this day had oar, or lance, or blister in his hand.
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Fight Grief Hands Himself Men Shine Sun
Words give wings to the mind and make a man soar to heaven.
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Men Mindset Wings
A man’s homeland is wherever he prospers.
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House Men Wisdom Words
Wealth–the most excellent of all gods.
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Excellence God Money Wealth
No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.
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Gains Honesty Men
It is the compelling power of great thoughts and ideas to engender phrases of equal size.
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Ideas Phrases Power Size
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
A fox is subtlety itself.
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Animal Foxes
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
Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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Leadership Life People Wisdom Wise
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
One bush, they say, can never hide two thieves.
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Hide One Liner Theft Thieves
Have you ever, looking up, seen a cloud like to a Centaur, a Part, or a Wolf, or a Bull?
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Animal Clouds Nature
Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.
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Ethics Fairness Justice
Today things are better than yesterday.
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Today Yesterday
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
Love is merely the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
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Desire Love Names Philosophy Pursuit
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
There’s no art where there’s no fee.
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Art Fee Money
Why, I’d like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
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Achievement Adventure Journey Travel
Old age is second childhood.
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Age Childhood Old Age One Liner
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
It is bad taste for a poet to be coarse and hairy.
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Coarse Poet Taste
How can I study from below, that which is above?
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Deep Philosophy Study
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
The love of wine is a good man’s failing.
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Failure Ideas Love Men Wine
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

By words the mind is winged.

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