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

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Under every stone lurks a politician.

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

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Children have a master to teach them, grown-ups have the poets.

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

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You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.

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A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.

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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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