No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.
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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Even if you persuade me, you won’t persuade me.
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There’s no art where there’s no fee.
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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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An ancient tradition declares that every idiot blunder we pass into law will sooner or later redound to Athens’ profit.
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Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.
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Ignorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever.
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Old age is second childhood.
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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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Comedy too can sometimes discern what is right. I shall not please, but I shall say what is true.
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High thoughts must have high language.
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It is the compelling power of great thoughts and ideas to engender phrases of equal size.
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It should not prejudice my voice that I’m not born a man, if I say something advantageous to the present situation. For I’m taxed too, and as a toll provide men for the nation.
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A slave is but half a man.
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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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How can I study from below, that which is above?
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