The sun too penetrates into privies, but is not polluted by them.

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Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.

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We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.

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I threw my cup away when I saw a child drinking from his hands at the trough.

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It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.

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It was a favorite expression of Theophrastus that time was the most valuable thing that a man could spend.

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The vine bears three kinds of grapes: the first of pleasure, the second of intoxication, the third of disgust.

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Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.

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I am called a dog because I fawn on those who give me anything, I yelp at those who refuse, and I set my teeth in rascals.

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As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task.

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