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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Comedy too can sometimes discern what is right. I shall not please, but I shall say what is true.
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Old age is second childhood.
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Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever.
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No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.
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You cannot make a crab walk straight.
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To invoke solely the weaker arguments and yet triumph is an art worth more than a hundred thousand drachmae.
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Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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It often happens that less depends upon the valor of an army than the skill of the leader.
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If you strike upon a thought that baffles you, break off from that entanglement and try another, so shall your wits be fresh to start again.
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To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.
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There’s no art where there’s no fee.
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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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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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Poverty, the most fearful monster that ever drew breath.
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The wise learn many things from their enemies.
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