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Aristophanes

High thoughts must have high language.
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Language Thinking
Prayers without wine are perfectly pointless.
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Pointless Prayer Religious Wine
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
Comedy is allied to justice.
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Comedy Justice Lying
Today things are better than yesterday.
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Today Yesterday
A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country’s good.
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Able Country Goodness Men
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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Born Feminism Men Myself Nation Voice
There is no honest man! not one, that can resist the attraction of gold!
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Gold Honesty Men
The old are in a second childhood.
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Age Childhood Old Age One Liner
What unlooked-for things do happen, to be sure, in a long life!
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Life Long
Woman is adept at getting money for herself and will not easily let herself be deceived; she understands deceit too well herself.
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Deceit Deceived Money
You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.
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Animal Teaching Walk Yourself
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
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
Old age is second childhood.
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Age Childhood Old Age One Liner
Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you’ve done.
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Evil Spring Suffering Yourself

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