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It is difficult to argue with the belly, for it has no ears.

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Fishes live in the sea, as men do on land: the great ones eat up the little ones.
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Business Earth Eat Fish Men Power Sea
It is right to endure with resignation what the gods send, and to face one’s enemies with courage.
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Courage Endurance Enemy Face God Resignation
For famous men have the whole earth as their memorial.
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Celebrity Earth Famous Memorial Men
For a man’s counsel cannot have equal weight or worth, when he alone has no children to risk in the general danger.
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Alone Children Counsel Danger Equality General Man Risk Weight Worth
It is more of a disgrace to be robbed of what one has than to fail in some new undertaking.
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Disgrace Failure Rob
Although only a few may originate a policy, we are all able to judge it.
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Judgment Policy
Your empire is now like a tyranny: it may have been wrong to take it; it is certainly dangerous to let it go.
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Dangerous Empire Let Go Wrong
Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you.
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Humor Interest Politics
Time is the wisest counsellor of all.
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Counsellor One Liner Time Wise
Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.
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Alone Courage Defend Freedom Possession
Those who are politically apathetic can only survive if they are supported by people who are capable of taking action.
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Action Capable People Politics Support Survival
Having knowledge but lacking the power to express it clearly is no better than never having any ideas at all.
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Clear Express Ideas Knowledge Lack Power
I am more afraid of our own mistakes than of our enemies’ designs.
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Afraid Design Enemy Mistake
Time is the king of all men, he is their parent and their grave, and gives them what he will and not what they crave.
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Crave Grave King Men Parents Time
Who makes the fairest show means most deceit.
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Deceit Fair Show
The marketplace is democratic.
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Demorcracy Market One Liner

It is difficult to argue with the belly, for it has no ears.

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