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It is the compelling power of great thoughts and ideas to engender phrases of equal size.

Aristophanes

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
There is no beast, no rush of fire, like woman so untamed. She calmly goes her way where even panthers would be shamed.
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Fire Strong Untamed Wild Women
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
The wise learn many things from their enemies.
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Enemy Life Wisdom Wise
Old age is second childhood.
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Age Childhood Old Age One Liner
How can I study from below, that which is above?
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Deep Philosophy Study
Comedy is allied to justice.
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Comedy Justice Lying
First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.
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Friendship Listening
What unlooked-for things do happen, to be sure, in a long life!
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Life Long
Look at the orators in our republics; as long as they are poor, both state and people can only praise their uprightness; but once they are fattened on the public funds, they conceive a hatred for justice, plan intrigues against the people and attack the democracy.
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Justice Long Ourselves People
Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
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Friendship Hunger
The love of wine is a good man’s failing.
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Failure Ideas Love Men Wine
By words the mind is winged.
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Mindset Wings Word
No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.
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Gains Honesty Men
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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Fight Grief Hands Himself Men Shine Sun
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

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