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

Aristophanes

The gods, my dear simple fellow, are a mere expression coined by vulgar superstition. We frown upon such coinage here.
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Expression God Simplicity
A fox is subtlety itself.
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Animal Foxes
Open your mind before your mouth.
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Mind Mouths Yourself
Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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Leadership Life People Wisdom Wise
Even if you persuade me, you won’t persuade me.
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Change Yourself
How can I study from below, that which is above?
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Deep Philosophy Study
Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.
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Atheist Eye Mouth
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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Believe Evil Hands
Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.
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Clever Mindset Wine
I saw a cavalry captain buy vegetable soup on horseback. He carried the whole mess home in his helmet.
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Food Home Myself Vegetables
Women, you overheated dipsomaniacs, never passing up a chance to wangle a drink, a great boon to bartenders but a bane to us–not to mention our crockery and our woolens!
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Chance Drink Women
Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
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Goodness War
Surely you do not believe in the gods. What’s your argument? Where’s your proof?
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Argument Atheist Believe God Religion
You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.
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Animal Teaching Walk Yourself
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
You can’t have anything else to say: you’ve poured out every drop of what you know.
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Knowledge Yourself

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