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No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.

Aristophanes

If a man owes me money, I never seem to forget. But if I do the owing, I somehow never remember.
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Debt Funny Men Money Owing
Tis not for us to warn a wilful sinner; We stay him not, but let him run his course, Till by misfortunes rous’d, his conscience wakes, And prompts him to appease th’ offended gods.
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Courses Fortune God Running Wake
Today things are better than yesterday.
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Today Yesterday
One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.
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Adversity Fortune Grace Trying
Evil events from evil causes spring.
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Evil Result Spring
Love is merely the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
ARISTOPHANES

Desire Love Names Philosophy Pursuit
The wise learn many things from their enemies.
ARISTOPHANES

Enemy Life Wisdom Wise
Even if you persuade me, you won’t persuade me.
ARISTOPHANES

Change Yourself
A fox is subtlety itself.
ARISTOPHANES

Animal Foxes
It is bad taste for a poet to be coarse and hairy.
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Coarse Poet Taste
Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
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Age Change Time Today Vices
To invoke solely the weaker arguments and yet triumph is an art worth more than a hundred thousand drachmae.
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Argument Art Success
You can’t have anything else to say: you’ve poured out every drop of what you know.
ARISTOPHANES

Knowledge Yourself
Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.
ARISTOPHANES

Ethics Fairness Justice
Look at the orators in our republics; as long as they are poor, both state and people can only praise their uprightness; but once they are fattened on the public funds, they conceive a hatred for justice, plan intrigues against the people and attack the democracy.
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Justice Long Ourselves People
A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country’s good.
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Able Country Goodness Men

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