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To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.
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Climbing Lie Necessary Success
You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.
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Animal Teaching Walk Yourself
High thoughts must have high language.
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Language Thinking
Do not take a blind guide.
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Blind Guide
By words the mind is winged.
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Mindset Wings Word
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
Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.
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Ethics Fairness Justice
Full of wiles, full of guile, at all times, in all ways, are the children of Men.
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Children Man Time
Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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Leadership Life People Wisdom Wise
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
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
The old are in a second childhood.
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Age Childhood Old Age One Liner
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
Ignorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever.
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Forever Ignorance One Liner Stupidity
An ancient tradition declares that every idiot blunder we pass into law will sooner or later redound to Athens’ profit.
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Idiot Law
An actor should refine public taste.
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Actors Taste

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

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