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“My country is a disgrace to me, but you are a disgrace to your country.”

“These decrees of yours are no different from spiders' webs. They'll restrain anyone weak and insignificant who gets caught in them, but they'll be torn to shreds by people with power and wealth.”

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“A vine bears three grapes, the first of pleasure, the second of drunkenness, and the third of repentance.”

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