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

Aristophanes

Today things are better than yesterday.
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Today Yesterday
You can’t have anything else to say: you’ve poured out every drop of what you know.
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Knowledge Yourself
To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.
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Climbing Lie Necessary Success
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
Let each man exercise the art he knows.
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Art Himself Life Strength
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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Deceit Deceived Money
Evil events from evil causes spring.
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Evil Result Spring
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
Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
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Goodness War
Old age is second childhood.
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Age Childhood Old Age One Liner
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
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
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
The wise learn many things from their enemies.
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Enemy Life Wisdom Wise
No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.
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Gains Honesty Men
Words give wings to the mind and make a man soar to heaven.
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Men Mindset Wings

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