If a man owes me money, I never seem to forget. But if I do the owing, I somehow never remember.
ARISTOPHANESMen of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war.
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You possess all the attributes of a demagogue; a screeching, horrible voice, a perverse, crossgrained nature and the language of the market-place. In you all is united which is needful for governing.
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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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Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon that road which you must travel in the steps they trod.
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Let each man exercise the art he knows.
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The gods, my dear simple fellow, are a mere expression coined by vulgar superstition. We frown upon such coinage here.
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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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It often happens that less depends upon the valor of an army than the skill of the leader.
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A slave is but half a man.
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A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
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An ancient tradition declares that every idiot blunder we pass into law will sooner or later redound to Athens’ profit.
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An actor should refine public taste.
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By words the mind is winged.
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When men drink wine they are rich, they are busy, they push lawsuits, they are happy, they are friends.
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Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
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Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war.
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