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Woman is adept at getting money for herself and will not easily let herself be deceived; she understands deceit too well herself.

Aristophanes

High thoughts must have high language.
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Language Thinking
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
Under every stone lurks a politician.
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Hide Politics Witty
These impossible women! How they do get around us! The poet was right: can’t live with them, or without them!
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Impossible Live Poet Right Woman
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
Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
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Friendship Hunger
It is bad taste for a poet to be coarse and hairy.
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Coarse Poet Taste
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
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
Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
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Goodness War
The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe.
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Enemy Force Truth
You can’t have anything else to say: you’ve poured out every drop of what you know.
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Knowledge Yourself
How can I study from below, that which is above?
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Deep Philosophy Study
A man’s homeland is wherever he prospers.
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House Men Wisdom Words
The old are in a second childhood.
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Age Childhood Old Age One Liner
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

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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