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Aristophanes

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
Old age is second childhood.
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Age Childhood Old Age One Liner
There is no honest man! not one, that can resist the attraction of gold!
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Gold Honesty Men
Children have a master to teach them, grown-ups have the poets.
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Children Learning Poet
An ancient tradition declares that every idiot blunder we pass into law will sooner or later redound to Athens’ profit.
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Idiot Law
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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Character Government Language Nature Need Voice
The old are in a second childhood.
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Age Childhood Old Age One Liner
Under every stone lurks a politician.
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Hide Politics Witty
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
Prayers without wine are perfectly pointless.
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Pointless Prayer Religious Wine
Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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Leadership Life People Wisdom Wise
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
It often happens that less depends upon the valor of an army than the skill of the leader.
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Army Leadership Skill
Words give wings to the mind and make a man soar to heaven.
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Men Mindset Wings
Even if you persuade me, you won’t persuade me.
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Change Yourself
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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