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If you strike upon a thought that baffles you, break off from that entanglement and try another, so shall your wits be fresh to start again.

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When men drink wine they are rich, they are busy, they push lawsuits, they are happy, they are friends.
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Busy Men Wine
Words give wings to the mind and make a man soar to heaven.
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Men Mindset Wings
Women, you overheated dipsomaniacs, never passing up a chance to wangle a drink, a great boon to bartenders but a bane to us–not to mention our crockery and our woolens!
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Chance Drink Women
The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe.
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Enemy Force Truth
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
Comedy is allied to justice.
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Comedy Justice Lying
How can I study from below, that which is above?
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Deep Philosophy Study
Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.
ARISTOPHANES

Atheist Eye Mouth
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
Old age is second childhood.
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Age Childhood Old Age One Liner
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
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
Why, I’d like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
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Achievement Adventure Journey Travel
Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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Leadership Life People Wisdom Wise
A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country’s good.
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Able Country Goodness Men
Evil events from evil causes spring.
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Evil Result Spring

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