The mob is the mother of tyrants.
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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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It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
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When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of all beings; when I look upon priests and prophets nothing is as contemptible as man.
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