You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.


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You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.
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Walk straight, my son - as the old crab said to the young crab.
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You should not decide until you have heard what both have to say.
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Evil events from evil causes spring.
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Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
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The wise learn many things from their foes.
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Meton: With the straight ruler I set to work to make the circle four-cornered.
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They love, they hate, but cannot do without him.
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The old are in a second childhood.
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Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
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High thoughts must have high language.
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Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.
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This is what extremely grieves us, that a man who never fought
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Shall I crack any of those old jokes, master,
At which the audience never fail to laugh?
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To be insulted by you is to be garlanded with lilies
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[Y]ou possess all the attributes of a demagogue; a screeching, horrible voice, a perverse, crossgrai...
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Open your mind before your mouth
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If you cannot teach me to fly, teach me to sing.
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If you cannot teach me to fly, teach me to sing.
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Those who learn to walk with weight,They always walk straight
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You cannot be lost on a road that is straight.
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You cannot teach old dogs new tricks.
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN
Stand straight, walk proud, have a little faith.
GARTH BROOKS
Stand straight, walk proud, have a little faith
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You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him to find it within himself.
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You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself.
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You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself.
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You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself.
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You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
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We can teach from our experience, but we cannot teach experience.
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It is not possible for one to teach others who cannot teach his own family.
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He who ceases to learn cannot adequately teach.
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You don't have to eat the entire turd to know that it's not a crab cake.
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Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.
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A man's homeland is wherever he prospers.
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Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities l...
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Love is simply the name for the desire and the pursuit of the whole.
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Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.
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