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Surely you do not believe in the gods. What’s your argument? Where’s your proof?

Aristophanes

Ignorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever.
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Forever Ignorance One Liner Stupidity
An ancient tradition declares that every idiot blunder we pass into law will sooner or later redound to Athens’ profit.
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Idiot Law
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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Born Feminism Men Myself Nation Voice
Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
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Friendship Hunger
To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.
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People Promise Winning
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
No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.
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Gains Honesty Men
First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.
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Friendship Listening
You vote yourselves salaries out of the public funds and care only for your own personal interests; hence the state limps along.
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Care Salary Vote Yourself
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
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
Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.
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Atheist Eye Mouth
Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you’ve done.
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Evil Spring Suffering Yourself
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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People Together Winning
Wealth–the most excellent of all gods.
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Excellence God Money Wealth
To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.
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Climbing Lie Necessary Success

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