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Poverty, the most fearful monster that ever drew breath.

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Woman is adept at getting money for herself and will not easily let herself be deceived; she understands deceit too well herself.
ARISTOPHANES

Deceit Deceived Money
Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you’ve done.
ARISTOPHANES

Evil Spring Suffering Yourself
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.
ARISTOPHANES

Courses Fortune God Running Wake
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.
ARISTOPHANES

Character Government Language Nature Need Voice
Open your mind before your mouth.
ARISTOPHANES

Mind Mouths Yourself
A slave is but half a man.
ARISTOPHANES

Half Man Slavery
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.
ARISTOPHANES

Darkness Dream Race
What unlooked-for things do happen, to be sure, in a long life!
ARISTOPHANES

Life Long
Love is merely the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
ARISTOPHANES

Desire Love Names Philosophy Pursuit
Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
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Age Change Time Today Vices
Do not take a blind guide.
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Blind Guide
The old are in a second childhood.
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Age Childhood Old Age One Liner
By words the mind is winged.
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Mindset Wings Word
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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Friendship Wall War
A fox is subtlety itself.
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Animal Foxes
Wealth–the most excellent of all gods.
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Excellence God Money Wealth

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