Under every stone lurks a politician.
ARISTOPHANESThis 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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A slave is but half a man.
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Love is merely the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
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Open your mind before your mouth.
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Words give wings to the mind and make a man soar to heaven.
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A man’s homeland is wherever he prospers.
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Do not bandy words with your father, nor treat him as a dotard, nor reproach the old man, who has cherished you, with his age.
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Surely you do not believe in the gods. What’s your argument? Where’s your proof?
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It is right that the good should be happy, that the wicked and the impious on the other hand, should be miserable; that is a truth, I believe, which no one will gainsay.
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It is bad taste for a poet to be coarse and hairy.
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If you strike upon a thought that baffles you, break off from that entanglement and try another, so shall your wits be fresh to start again.
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How can I study from below, that which is above?
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Mix and knead together all the state business as you do for your sausages. To win the people, always cook them some savory that pleases them.
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Why, I’d like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
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Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever.
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The wise learn many things from their enemies.
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