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Languages exist by arbitrary institutions and conventions among peoples; words, as the dialecticians tell us, do not signify naturally, but at our pleasure.

Francois Rabelais

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Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.
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Bite Dog Run Yourself
The farce is finished. I go to seek a vast perhaps.
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To laugh is proper to man.
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Tell the truth and shame the devil.
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Devil Shame Truth
Appetite comes with eating…..but thirst goes away with drinking.
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Appetite Drinking Eat Thirsty
I owe much; I have nothing; the rest I leave to the poor.
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Leave Myself Poor
From the gut comes the strut, and where hunger reigns, strength abstains.
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Hunger Strength
A certain jollity of mind, pickled in the scorn of fortune.
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Fortune Mindset Scorn
Never did a great man hate good wine.
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Goodness Greatness Hate Man Wine
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
I know of a charm by way of a prayer that will preserve a man from the violence of guns and all manner of fire-weapons and engines but it will do me no good because I do not believe it
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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
Nature abhors a vacuum.
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Nature One Liner
Misery is the company of lawsuits.
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Company Law Misery
Plain as a nose in a man’s face.
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Time, which wears down and diminishes all things, augments and increases good deeds, because a good turn liberally offered to a reasonable man grows continually through noble thought and memory.
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Diminish Liberty Man Memories Offering Reason Time

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