The old are in a second childhood.
ARISTOPHANESIf a man owes me money, I never seem to forget. But if I do the owing, I somehow never remember.
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A man’s homeland is wherever he prospers.
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What unlooked-for things do happen, to be sure, in a long life!
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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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The love of wine is a good man’s failing.
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Under every stone lurks a politician.
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You can’t have anything else to say: you’ve poured out every drop of what you know.
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Weak mortals, chained to the earth, creatures of clay as frail as the foliage of the woods, you unfortunate race, whose life is but darkness, as unreal as a shadow, the illusion of a dream.
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You cannot make a crab walk straight.
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Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.
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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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To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.
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A slave is but half a man.
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A fox is subtlety itself.
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Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.
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Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.
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