Wealth–the most excellent of all gods.
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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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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One bush, they say, can never hide two thieves.
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It often happens that less depends upon the valor of an army than the skill of the leader.
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Have you ever, looking up, seen a cloud like to a Centaur, a Part, or a Wolf, or a Bull?
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First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.
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The gods, my dear simple fellow, are a mere expression coined by vulgar superstition. We frown upon such coinage here.
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A fox is subtlety itself.
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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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There’s no art where there’s no fee.
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Comedy is allied to justice.
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Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
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What unlooked-for things do happen, to be sure, in a long life!
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You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.
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The love of wine is a good man’s failing.
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Ignorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever.
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