The wise learn many things from their enemies.
ARISTOPHANESThe truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe.
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Let each man exercise the art he knows.
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To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.
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To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.
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Under every stone lurks a politician.
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Old age is second childhood.
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What unlooked-for things do happen, to be sure, in a long life!
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There’s no art where there’s no fee.
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Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
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Open your mind before your mouth.
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Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.
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It is right that the good should be happy, that the wicked and the impious on the other hand, should be miserable; that is a truth, I believe, which no one will gainsay.
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Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
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A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
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Even if you persuade me, you won’t persuade me.
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Full of wiles, full of guile, at all times, in all ways, are the children of Men.
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