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No noble man ever hated good wine.

Francois Rabelais

Because just as arms have no force outside if there is no counsel within a house, study is vain and counsel useless that is not put to virtuous effect when the time calls.
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Call Counsel Force Time Virtue
A little rain beats down a big wind. Long drinking bouts break open the tunder.
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Drink Rain Wind
If you want to avoid seeing an idiot, break the mirror.
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Avoid Break Mirror See
The right moment wears a full head of hair: when it has been missed, you can’t get it back; it’s bald in the back of the head and never turns around.
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Around Head Missing Moments Right
I’ve often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well.
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Common Fools Teaching Well Wisdom
A man of good sense always believes what he is told, and what he finds written down.
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Believe Goodness Himself Man Writing
For God, nothing is impossible. And, if he wanted, in the future women would give birth from their ears.
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Born Future God Impossible Woman
Early rising is no pleasure; early drinking’s just the measure.
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Drinking Measurement Pleasure Rise
It is my feeling that Time ripens all things; with Time all things are revealed; Time is the father of truth.
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Father Feeling Reveal Time Truth
Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.
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Mindset Oneself
Oh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted.
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Corruption Easy Happiness Serve
How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?
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Command Myself Power Rule
So much is a man worth as he esteems himself.
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Himself Man Worth
How do you know antiquity was foolish? How do you know the present is wise? Who made it foolish? Who made it wise?
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Foolish Present Wisdom
Death is the vast perhaps.
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Death One Liner
The remedy for thirst? It is the opposite of the one for a dog bite: run always after a dog, he’ll never bite you; drink always before thirst, and it will never overtake you.
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Animal Bite Dog Thirst Water Yourself

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