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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!

Aristophanes

Evil events from evil causes spring.
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Evil Result Spring
An actor should refine public taste.
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Actors Taste
Under every stone lurks a politician.
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Hide Politics Witty
The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe.
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Enemy Force Truth
Poverty, the most fearful monster that ever drew breath.
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Evil Fear Poor
A fox is subtlety itself.
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Animal Foxes
Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
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Goodness War
Children have a master to teach them, grown-ups have the poets.
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Children Learning Poet
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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Alcohol Clever Friendship Rich Successful Wine
A demagogue must be neither an educated nor an honest man; he has to be an ignoramus and a rogue.
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Education Honest Men
There is no honest man! not one, that can resist the attraction of gold!
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Gold Honesty Men
Mix and knead together all the state business as you do for your sausages. To win the people, always cook them some savory that pleases them.
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People Together Winning
Why, I’d like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
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Achievement Adventure Journey Travel
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
Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
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Friendship Hunger
Today things are better than yesterday.
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Today Yesterday

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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