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The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe.

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Do not take a blind guide.
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Blind Guide
To invoke solely the weaker arguments and yet triumph is an art worth more than a hundred thousand drachmae.
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Argument Art Success
Comedy is allied to justice.
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Comedy Justice Lying
No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.
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Gains Honesty Men
A man’s homeland is wherever he prospers.
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House Men Wisdom Words
I would treat her like an egg, the shell of which we remove before eating it; I would take off her mask and then kiss her pretty face.
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Egg Food Kissing
Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.
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Atheist Eye Mouth
Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
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Character Politician Voice
To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.
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People Promise Winning
If a man owes me money, I never seem to forget. But if I do the owing, I somehow never remember.
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Debt Funny Men Money Owing
Let each man exercise the art he knows.
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Art Himself Life Strength
When men drink, then they are rich and successful and win lawsuits and are happy and help their friends. Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.
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Alcohol Clever Friendship Rich Successful Wine
Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.
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Ethics Fairness Justice
A demagogue must be neither an educated nor an honest man; he has to be an ignoramus and a rogue.
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Education Honest Men
What unlooked-for things do happen, to be sure, in a long life!
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Life Long
An insult directed at the wicked is not to be censured; on the contrary, the honest man, if he has sense, can only applaud.
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Honesty Insult Men Praise

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