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There is no honest man! not one, that can resist the attraction of gold!

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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
There is no beast, no rush of fire, like woman so untamed. She calmly goes her way where even panthers would be shamed.
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Fire Strong Untamed Wild Women
A slave is but half a man.
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Half Man Slavery
You vote yourselves salaries out of the public funds and care only for your own personal interests; hence the state limps along.
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Care Salary Vote Yourself
Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you’ve done.
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Evil Spring Suffering Yourself
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
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
Poverty, the most fearful monster that ever drew breath.
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Evil Fear Poor
Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
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Character Politician Voice
You cannot make a crab walk straight.
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Crabs Habit Walk
High thoughts must have high language.
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Language Thinking
No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.
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Gains Honesty Men
Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
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Age Change Time Today Vices
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
Comedy too can sometimes discern what is right. I shall not please, but I shall say what is true.
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Comedy Right True
It is the compelling power of great thoughts and ideas to engender phrases of equal size.
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Ideas Phrases Power Size

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