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This 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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Fight Grief Hands Himself Men Shine Sun
You vote yourselves salaries out of the public funds and care only for your own personal interests; hence the state limps along.
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Care Salary Vote Yourself
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
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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People Together Winning
Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.
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Atheist Eye Mouth
Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever.
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Age Education Forever Ignorance Stupidity Youth
Wealth–the most excellent of all gods.
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Excellence God Money Wealth
You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.
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Animal Teaching Walk Yourself
Woman is adept at getting money for herself and will not easily let herself be deceived; she understands deceit too well herself.
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Deceit Deceived Money
A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country’s good.
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Able Country Goodness Men
Children have a master to teach them, grown-ups have the poets.
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Children Learning Poet
A slave is but half a man.
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Half Man Slavery
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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Age Father Happiness Men
You can’t have anything else to say: you’ve poured out every drop of what you know.
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Knowledge Yourself
Prayers without wine are perfectly pointless.
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Pointless Prayer Religious Wine
It should not prejudice my voice that I’m not born a man, if I say something advantageous to the present situation. For I’m taxed too, and as a toll provide men for the nation.
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Born Feminism Men Myself Nation Voice

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