No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.

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By words the mind is winged

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Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.

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If a man owes me money, I never seem to forget. But if I do the owing, I somehow never remember

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To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.

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A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.

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Comedy too can sometimes discern what is right. I shall not please, but I shall say what is true.

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Words give wings to the mind and make a man soar to heaven

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Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.

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These impossible women! How they do get around us! The poet was right: can't live with them, or without them!

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