Ignorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever.
ARISTOPHANESAh! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
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Old age is second childhood.
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This is what extremely grieves us, that a man who never fought Should contrive our fees to pilfer, on who for his native land Never to this day had oar, or lance, or blister in his hand.
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You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.
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Why, I’d like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
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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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Words give wings to the mind and make a man soar to heaven.
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Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
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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.
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Today things are better than yesterday.
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It is bad taste for a poet to be coarse and hairy.
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Comedy too can sometimes discern what is right. I shall not please, but I shall say what is true.
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There is no honest man! not one, that can resist the attraction of gold!
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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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It should not prejudice my voice that I’m not born a man, if I say something advantageous to the present situation. For I’m taxed too, and as a toll provide men for the nation.
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Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
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