The love of wine is a good man’s failing.
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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I would treat her like an egg, the shell of which we remove before eating it; I would take off her mask and then kiss her pretty face.
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Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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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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An insult directed at the wicked is not to be censured; on the contrary, the honest man, if he has sense, can only applaud.
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Do not take a blind guide.
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One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.
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Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
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You can’t have anything else to say: you’ve poured out every drop of what you know.
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Old age is second childhood.
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Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever.
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Surely you do not believe in the gods. What’s your argument? Where’s your proof?
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How can I study from below, that which is above?
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Full of wiles, full of guile, at all times, in all ways, are the children of Men.
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Weak mortals, chained to the earth, creatures of clay as frail as the foliage of the woods, you unfortunate race, whose life is but darkness, as unreal as a shadow, the illusion of a dream.
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Under every stone lurks a politician.
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