There is no honest man! not one, that can resist the attraction of gold!
ARISTOPHANESWeak 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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Comedy too can sometimes discern what is right. I shall not please, but I shall say what is true.
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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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Words give wings to the mind and make a man soar to heaven.
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Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
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One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.
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No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.
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These impossible women! How they do get around us! The poet was right: can’t live with them, or without them!
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It should not prejudice my voice that I’m not born a man, if I say something advantageous to the present situation. For I’m taxed too, and as a toll provide men for the nation.
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This is what extremely grieves us, that a man who never fought Should contrive our fees to pilfer, on who for his native land Never to this day had oar, or lance, or blister in his hand.
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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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There’s no art where there’s no fee.
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To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.
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How can I study from below, that which is above?
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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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Have you ever, looking up, seen a cloud like to a Centaur, a Part, or a Wolf, or a Bull?
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