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There are more old drunkards than old physicians.

Francois Rabelais

How can I govern others, who can’t even govern myself?
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Control Government Myself Power
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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Anand Thakur
It’s a shame to be called “educated” those who do not study the ancient Greek writers.
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Ancient Education Shame Study Writing
Death is the vast perhaps.
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Death One Liner
There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and benevolence, they receive harm and vexation.
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Expectation Happiness Harm Natural True
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
Wisdom entereth not into a malicious mind.
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Mindset Wisdom
Bring down the curtain, the farce is over.
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Curtain Farce
Science without conscience is the soul’s perdition.
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Conscience Science Soul
If you want to avoid seeing an idiot, break the mirror.
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Avoid Break Mirror See
I drink eternally. For me it is an eternity of drinking, and a drinking up of eternity.
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Drink Forever Myself
When undertaking marriage, everyone must be the judge of his own thoughts, and take counsel from himself.
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Counsel Himself Judgement Marriage
Appetite comes with eating…..but thirst goes away with drinking.
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Appetite Drinking Eat Thirsty
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
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
But where are the snows of last year? That was the greatest concern of Villon, the Parisian poet.
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Concern Greatness Poet Snow

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