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

Aristophanes

Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.
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Clever Mindset Wine
An actor should refine public taste.
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Actors Taste
Have you ever, looking up, seen a cloud like to a Centaur, a Part, or a Wolf, or a Bull?
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Animal Clouds Nature
Wealth–the most excellent of all gods.
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Excellence God Money Wealth
Even if you persuade me, you won’t persuade me.
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Change Yourself
No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.
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Gains Honesty Men
To invoke solely the weaker arguments and yet triumph is an art worth more than a hundred thousand drachmae.
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Argument Art Success
Words give wings to the mind and make a man soar to heaven.
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Men Mindset Wings
Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.
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Atheist Eye Mouth
Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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Leadership Life People Wisdom Wise
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
When men drink, then they are rich and successful and win lawsuits and are happy and help their friends. Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.
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Alcohol Clever Friendship Rich Successful Wine
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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Break Thinking Try
Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you’ve done.
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Evil Spring Suffering Yourself
Ye Children of Man! whose life is a span, Protracted with sorrow from day to day, Naked and featherless, feeble and querulous, Sickly, calamitous creatures of clay!
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Children Humanity Life Men
Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.
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Ethics Fairness Justice

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

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