You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.

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Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.

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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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One bush, they say, can never hide two thieves.

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

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First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.

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Open your mind before your mouth

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

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A demagogue must be neither an educated nor an honest man; he has to be an ignoramus and a rogue.

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