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To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.

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Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.
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Ethics Fairness Justice
A fox is subtlety itself.
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Animal Foxes
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
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
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
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
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
To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.
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Climbing Lie Necessary Success
Comedy is allied to justice.
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Comedy Justice Lying
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
Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
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Character Politician Voice
You can’t have anything else to say: you’ve poured out every drop of what you know.
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Knowledge Yourself
The old are in a second childhood.
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Age Childhood Old Age One Liner
Today things are better than yesterday.
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Today Yesterday
High thoughts must have high language.
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Language Thinking
No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.
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Gains Honesty Men

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