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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
Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.
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Ethics Fairness Justice
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
The old are in a second childhood.
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Age Childhood Old Age One Liner
Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever.
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Age Education Forever Ignorance Stupidity Youth
To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.
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Climbing Lie Necessary Success
Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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Leadership Life People Wisdom Wise
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
Even if you persuade me, you won’t persuade me.
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Change Yourself
There is no honest man! not one, that can resist the attraction of gold!
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Gold Honesty Men
Open your mind before your mouth.
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Mind Mouths Yourself
Comedy is allied to justice.
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Comedy Justice Lying
Does it seem that everything is extravagance in the world, or rather madness, when you watch the way things go? A crowd of rogues enjoy blessings they have won by sheer injustice, while more honest folks are miserable and die of hunger.
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Blessing Death Honesty Mad Misery World
Let each man exercise the art he knows.
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Art Himself Life Strength
You cannot make a crab walk straight.
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Crabs Habit Walk
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

A fox is subtlety itself.

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