Ideas are very much like ships. They make a great sensation when they sink.

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The common run of man stumbles over stones. Poets alone stumble over rocks.

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Mad men should be respected. They always carry a grenade on their shoulder.

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Equity. Both the sheep and the wolf enjoy the same right of common pasture.

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We are bipeds, you say. Well, what of it? The stork stands on one leg only.

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A philosopher, when shopping anywhere, will ask only about mind and matter.

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Mythology. The owl sleeps all day long and passes for the symbol of wisdom.

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In the end, they cut off his head, although, that was his least sinful part.

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The ethics of fishing are comprised in the transparency of the fishing line.

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You had best bow down. The camel holds out in the desert thanks to its hump.

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