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Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.

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To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.
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People Promise Winning
Ignorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever.
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Forever Ignorance One Liner Stupidity
An ancient tradition declares that every idiot blunder we pass into law will sooner or later redound to Athens’ profit.
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Idiot Law
What unlooked-for things do happen, to be sure, in a long life!
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Life Long
Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you’ve done.
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Evil Spring Suffering Yourself
First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.
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Friendship Listening
When men drink wine they are rich, they are busy, they push lawsuits, they are happy, they are friends.
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Busy Men Wine
A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country’s good.
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Able Country Goodness Men
Surely you do not believe in the gods. What’s your argument? Where’s your proof?
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Argument Atheist Believe God Religion
A demagogue must be neither an educated nor an honest man; he has to be an ignoramus and a rogue.
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Education Honest Men
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
Full of wiles, full of guile, at all times, in all ways, are the children of Men.
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Children Man Time
Today things are better than yesterday.
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Today Yesterday
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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Honesty Insult Men Praise
A slave is but half a man.
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Half Man Slavery
Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
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Age Change Time Today Vices

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