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Tis not for us to warn a wilful sinner; We stay him not, but let him run his course, Till by misfortunes rous’d, his conscience wakes, And prompts him to appease th’ offended gods.

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Words give wings to the mind and make a man soar to heaven.
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Men Mindset Wings
Comedy is allied to justice.
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Comedy Justice Lying
Even if you persuade me, you won’t persuade me.
ARISTOPHANES

Change Yourself
Love is merely the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
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Desire Love Names Philosophy Pursuit
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
Full of wiles, full of guile, at all times, in all ways, are the children of Men.
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Children Man Time
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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Character Government Language Nature Need Voice
To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.
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Climbing Lie Necessary Success
Ignorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever.
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Forever Ignorance One Liner Stupidity
Children have a master to teach them, grown-ups have the poets.
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Children Learning Poet
Wealth–the most excellent of all gods.
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Excellence God Money Wealth
Ye Children of Man! whose life is a span, Protracted with sorrow from day to day, Naked and featherless, feeble and querulous, Sickly, calamitous creatures of clay!
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Children Humanity Life Men
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
Do not take a blind guide.
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Blind Guide
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
Comedy too can sometimes discern what is right. I shall not please, but I shall say what is true.
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Comedy Right True

Tis not for us to warn a wilful sinner; We stay him not, but let him run his course, Till by misfortunes rous’d, his conscience wakes, And prompts him to appease th’ offended gods.

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Tis not for us to warn a wilful sinner; We stay him not, but let him run his course, Till by misfortunes rous’d, his conscience wakes, And prompts him to appease th’ offended gods.

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