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Aristophanes

The wise learn many things from their enemies.
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Enemy Life Wisdom Wise
To invoke solely the weaker arguments and yet triumph is an art worth more than a hundred thousand drachmae.
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Argument Art Success
It often happens that less depends upon the valor of an army than the skill of the leader.
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Army Leadership Skill
Poverty, the most fearful monster that ever drew breath.
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Evil Fear Poor
Women, you overheated dipsomaniacs, never passing up a chance to wangle a drink, a great boon to bartenders but a bane to us–not to mention our crockery and our woolens!
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Chance Drink Women
Under every stone lurks a politician.
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Hide Politics Witty
Have you ever, looking up, seen a cloud like to a Centaur, a Part, or a Wolf, or a Bull?
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Animal Clouds Nature
Children have a master to teach them, grown-ups have the poets.
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Children Learning Poet
If a man owes me money, I never seem to forget. But if I do the owing, I somehow never remember.
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Debt Funny Men Money Owing
A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country’s good.
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Able Country Goodness Men
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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Believe Evil Hands
Even if you persuade me, you won’t persuade me.
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Change Yourself
An actor should refine public taste.
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Actors Taste
Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you’ve done.
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Evil Spring Suffering Yourself
There is no honest man! not one, that can resist the attraction of gold!
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Gold Honesty Men
Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
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Character Politician Voice

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