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Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.

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It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.
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Argue Belly Difficult Matter Nom Ears Since
Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
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Agriculture Farming Late One Thing Work
All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
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Follow Mankind Our Regulation Rule Women
Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
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Education Fool Funny Inspirational Learn Men Wise
I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.
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Anger Approach First God Restrain Silent Thinking
An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
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Anger Angry Educational Eye Mouth Open Shut
When you have arrived at your country house and have saluted your household, you should make the rounds of the farm the same day, if possible; if not, then certainly the next day.
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Arrive Country Day Firm Household Next Possible Round Salute Same Wine
After I’m dead I’d rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.
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Clever Dead Life Monument One People Witty
Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
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Feign Height Sometimes Stupidity Wisdom
Even though work stops, expenses run on.
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Expense Run Running Though
You should summon your overseer the next day, and should call for a report of what work has been done in good season and why it has not been possible to complete the rest, and what wine and corn and other crops have been gathered.
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Day Done Gather Good Next Possible Report Season Summon Wine
Buy not what you want, but what you have need of; what you do not want is dear at a farthing.
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Dear Farthing Need Needs Want
Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
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Fame Greatest Patience Virtue
Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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Anger Cloud Mind Perceive Truth
Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate the successes of the wise.
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Fool Imitate Men Mistake Profit Success Wise
We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.
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Control Disregard Enable Evil Good Inspirational Life Other Tongue
Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
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Allow Carthage Consider Destroy Moreover
Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
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Few Gift Speech Though
A flourishing country should show its prosperity. “When you go in, look about, so that, when needs be, you can find your way out.
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Country Flush Look Out Prosperity Show Wy
The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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Injury Interest Punishment Recieve
Lighter is the wound foreseen.
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Fame Foreseen Lighters Wound
Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
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Communication Follow Grasp Improvement Language Self Subject
If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
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Body King Mind Political Rule Slave
He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
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Covet Covetousness Death Fear Life Lost
I can pardon everybody’s mistakes except my own.
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Everybody Except Forgiveness Mistake Mistaken Own Pardon
Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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Achieve Equality Master Not Once
Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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Between Happen May Morsel Mouth

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