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Bacteria: The only culture some people have.

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Do not gain basely base gain is equal to ruin.
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Actions from youth, advice from the middle-aged, prayers from the aged.
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Justice prevails over transgression when she comes to the end of the race.
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You trust a thief when you trust a woman.
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The fool knows after he has suffered.
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And Zeus will destroy this race of mortal men too, when they, at their birth, have grey hair on their temples.
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Hunger is an altogether fit companion for the idle man.
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Do not put all your goods in hollow ships.
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Evil can be got very easily and exists in quantity: the road to her is very smooth, and she lives near by. But between us and virtue the gods have placed the sweat of our brows the road to her is long and steep, and it is rough at first but when a man has reached the top, then she is easy to attain, although before she was hard.
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Invite your friend to a feast, but leave your enemy alone and especially invite the one who lives near you.
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I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on the frivolous youth of today, for certainly all youth are reckless beyond words. When I was a boy, we were taught to be discrete and respectful of elders, but the present youth are exceedingly wise and impatient of restraint.
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Work is not a shame. Laziness is a shame.
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We know how to speak many falsehoods that resemble real things, but we know, when we will, how to speak true things.
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