You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.

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

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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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Under every stone lurks a politician.

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

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

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Open your mind before your mouth

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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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Ignorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever.

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