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The love of wine is a good man’s failing.
ARISTOPHANES

Failure Ideas Love Men Wine
Weak mortals, chained to the earth, creatures of clay as frail as the foliage of the woods, you unfortunate race, whose life is but darkness, as unreal as a shadow, the illusion of a dream.
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Darkness Dream Race
The wise learn many things from their enemies.
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Enemy Life Wisdom Wise
No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.
ARISTOPHANES

Gains Honesty Men
To invoke solely the weaker arguments and yet triumph is an art worth more than a hundred thousand drachmae.
ARISTOPHANES

Argument Art Success
Open your mind before your mouth.
ARISTOPHANES

Mind Mouths Yourself
One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.
ARISTOPHANES

Adversity Fortune Grace Trying
A demagogue must be neither an educated nor an honest man; he has to be an ignoramus and a rogue.
ARISTOPHANES

Education Honest Men
A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
ARISTOPHANES

Enemy Inspirational Learning Man Wisdom
There is no honest man! not one, that can resist the attraction of gold!
ARISTOPHANES

Gold Honesty Men
An actor should refine public taste.
ARISTOPHANES

Actors Taste
An insult directed at the wicked is not to be censured; on the contrary, the honest man, if he has sense, can only applaud.
ARISTOPHANES

Honesty Insult Men Praise
How can I study from below, that which is above?
ARISTOPHANES

Deep Philosophy Study
Ignorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever.
ARISTOPHANES

Forever Ignorance One Liner Stupidity
You cannot make a crab walk straight.
ARISTOPHANES

Crabs Habit Walk
Even if you persuade me, you won’t persuade me.
ARISTOPHANES

Change Yourself

The old are in a second childhood.

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