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.
ARISTOPHANESMen of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war.
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Why, I’d like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
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How can I study from below, that which is above?
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A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country’s good.
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To invoke solely the weaker arguments and yet triumph is an art worth more than a hundred thousand drachmae.
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Love is merely the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
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A man’s homeland is wherever he prospers.
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There is no honest man! not one, that can resist the attraction of gold!
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A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
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Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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Ignorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever.
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Even if you persuade me, you won’t persuade me.
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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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It is the compelling power of great thoughts and ideas to engender phrases of equal size.
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You cannot make a crab walk straight.
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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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