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Wealth–the most excellent of all gods.

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You cannot make a crab walk straight.
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Crabs Habit Walk
Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.
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Atheist Eye Mouth
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
There is no honest man! not one, that can resist the attraction of gold!
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Gold Honesty Men
The wise learn many things from their enemies.
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Enemy Life Wisdom Wise
Do not take a blind guide.
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Blind Guide
The gods, my dear simple fellow, are a mere expression coined by vulgar superstition. We frown upon such coinage here.
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Expression God Simplicity
Poverty, the most fearful monster that ever drew breath.
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Evil Fear Poor
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
Children have a master to teach them, grown-ups have the poets.
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Children Learning Poet
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
To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.
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People Promise Winning
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
An actor should refine public taste.
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Actors Taste
A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country’s good.
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Able Country Goodness Men

Wealth–the most excellent of all gods.

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