Full of wiles, full of guile, at all times, in all ways, are the children of Men.
ARISTOPHANESHow can I study from below, that which is above?
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Open your mind before your mouth.
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Love is merely the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
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How can I study from below, that which is above?
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Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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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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There is no honest man! not one, that can resist the attraction of gold!
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One bush, they say, can never hide two thieves.
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Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever.
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To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.
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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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Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.
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One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.
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You possess all the attributes of a demagogue; a screeching, horrible voice, a perverse, crossgrained nature and the language of the market-place. In you all is united which is needful for governing.
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The wise learn many things from their enemies.
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Let each man exercise the art he knows.
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A demagogue must be neither an educated nor an honest man; he has to be an ignoramus and a rogue.
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A man’s homeland is wherever he prospers.
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Evil events from evil causes spring.
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I would treat her like an egg, the shell of which we remove before eating it; I would take off her mask and then kiss her pretty face.
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I saw a cavalry captain buy vegetable soup on horseback. He carried the whole mess home in his helmet.
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It is the compelling power of great thoughts and ideas to engender phrases of equal size.
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Ignorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever.
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Prayers without wine are perfectly pointless.
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To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.
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Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
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First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.
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