Words give wings to the mind and make a man soar to heaven.
ARISTOPHANESWeak 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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What unlooked-for things do happen, to be sure, in a long life!
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A fox is subtlety itself.
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Wealth–the most excellent of all gods.
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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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Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
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An ancient tradition declares that every idiot blunder we pass into law will sooner or later redound to Athens’ profit.
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Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
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Comedy too can sometimes discern what is right. I shall not please, but I shall say what is true.
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Under every stone lurks a politician.
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Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you’ve done.
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It is the compelling power of great thoughts and ideas to engender phrases of equal size.
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One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.
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A man’s homeland is wherever he prospers.
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Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
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High thoughts must have high language.
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