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All have the gift of speech, but few are possessed of wisdom.

Cato the Younger

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Blessed be they as virtuous, who when they feel their virile members swollen with lust, visit a brothel rather than grind at some husband’s private mill.
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Blessed Feel Husband Lust Member Swollen Virtuous
To say that private men have nothing to do with government is to say that private men have nothing to do with their own happiness or misery; that people ought not to concern themselves whether they be naked or clothed, fed or starved, deceived or instructed, protected or destroyed.
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Concern Deceive Government Happiness Instruction Men Naked Nothing Private Strive Themselves
In conversation avoid the extremes of forwardness and reserve.
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Conversation Extremes Forwardness Reserve
Don’t promise twice what you can do at once.
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Do Once Promise Twice
A honest man is seldom a vagrant.
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Honest Men Seldom Vagrant
It is remarkable that men, when they differ in what they think considerable, will be apt to differ in almost everything else; their difference begets contradiction; contradiction begets heat; heat quickly rises into resentment, rage, and ill-will; thus they differ in affections, as they differ in judgment.
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Almost Considerable Differ Difference Differences Else Everything Men Often Remarkable Thinking
Speak briefly and to the point.
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Brief Pont Speak Speech
Those magistrates who can prevent crime, and do not, in effect encourage it.
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Crime Effect Encourage Magistrate Prevent
Never travel by sea when you can go by land.
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Land never Sea Travel
This is my firm persuasion, that since the human soul exerts itself with so great activity.
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Activity Art Discovery Exert Film Human Itself Percussion Remembrance Soul
I know not what treason is, if sapping and betraying the liberties of a people be not treason.
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Betraying Liberty People Sapping Treason
Regard not dreams, since they are but the images of our hopes and fears.
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Dream Fear Hope Image Regard Since
I think the first wisdom is to restrain the tongue.
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First Talking Thinking Tongue Wisdom
By Liberty I understand the Power which every Man has over his own Actions, and his Right to enjoy the Fruits of his Labour,
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Action Art Enjoy Ever Fruit Hurt Labour Liberty Men Own Power Right Understand
It will make you feel as if you had not eaten, and you can drink as much as you like.
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Drink Eaten Feel Like Make Much
The primary virtue is: hold your tongue; who knows how to keep quiet is close to God.
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Close God Hold Principle Quiet Silence Tongue

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