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An actor should refine public taste.

Aristophanes

Today things are better than yesterday.
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Today Yesterday
Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
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Goodness War
Love is merely the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
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Desire Love Names Philosophy Pursuit
One bush, they say, can never hide two thieves.
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Hide One Liner Theft Thieves
You vote yourselves salaries out of the public funds and care only for your own personal interests; hence the state limps along.
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Care Salary Vote Yourself
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
Surely you do not believe in the gods. What’s your argument? Where’s your proof?
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Argument Atheist Believe God Religion
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
First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.
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Friendship Listening
To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.
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Climbing Lie Necessary Success
It is the compelling power of great thoughts and ideas to engender phrases of equal size.
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Ideas Phrases Power Size
A fox is subtlety itself.
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Animal Foxes
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
Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you’ve done.
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Evil Spring Suffering Yourself
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
A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country’s good.
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Able Country Goodness Men
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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Impossible Live Poet Right Woman
A man’s homeland is wherever he prospers.
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House Men Wisdom Words
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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Debt Funny Men Money Owing
The gods, my dear simple fellow, are a mere expression coined by vulgar superstition. We frown upon such coinage here.
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Expression God Simplicity
Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.
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Clever Mindset Wine
Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever.
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Age Education Forever Ignorance Stupidity Youth
The old are in a second childhood.
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Age Childhood Old Age One Liner
I saw a cavalry captain buy vegetable soup on horseback. He carried the whole mess home in his helmet.
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Food Home Myself Vegetables
One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.
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Adversity Fortune Grace Trying
A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
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Enemy Inspirational Learning Man Wisdom

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