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Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!

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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
High thoughts must have high language.
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Language Thinking
Ignorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever.
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Forever Ignorance One Liner Stupidity
A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
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Enemy Inspirational Learning Man Wisdom
The wise learn many things from their enemies.
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Enemy Life Wisdom Wise
Tis not for us to warn a wilful sinner; We stay him not, but let him run his course, Till by misfortunes rous’d, his conscience wakes, And prompts him to appease th’ offended gods.
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Courses Fortune God Running Wake
Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
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Age Change Time Today Vices
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
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
Open your mind before your mouth.
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Mind Mouths Yourself
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
The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe.
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Enemy Force Truth
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
A slave is but half a man.
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Half Man Slavery
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
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

Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!

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