Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
ARISTOPHANESOne bush, they say, can never hide two thieves.
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A man’s homeland is wherever he prospers.
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Children have a master to teach them, grown-ups have the poets.
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Let each man exercise the art he knows.
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Evil events from evil causes spring.
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Love is merely the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
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The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe.
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Tis not for us to warn a wilful sinner; We stay him not, but let him run his course, Till by misfortunes rous’d, his conscience wakes, And prompts him to appease th’ offended gods.
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Today things are better than yesterday.
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An insult directed at the wicked is not to be censured; on the contrary, the honest man, if he has sense, can only applaud.
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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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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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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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A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country’s good.
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Why, I’d like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
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These impossible women! How they do get around us! The poet was right: can’t live with them, or without them!
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