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An ancient tradition declares that every idiot blunder we pass into law will sooner or later redound to Athens’ profit.

Aristophanes

First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.
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Friendship Listening
A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
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Enemy Inspirational Learning Man Wisdom
To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.
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People Promise Winning
Today things are better than yesterday.
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Today Yesterday
Open your mind before your mouth.
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Mind Mouths Yourself
Children have a master to teach them, grown-ups have the poets.
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Children Learning Poet
The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe.
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Enemy Force Truth
Love is merely the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
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Desire Love Names Philosophy Pursuit
It is bad taste for a poet to be coarse and hairy.
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Coarse Poet Taste
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
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
Poverty, the most fearful monster that ever drew breath.
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Evil Fear Poor
Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you’ve done.
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Evil Spring Suffering Yourself
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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Believe Evil Hands
The gods, my dear simple fellow, are a mere expression coined by vulgar superstition. We frown upon such coinage here.
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Expression God Simplicity
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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Debt Funny Men Money Owing

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