I saw a cavalry captain buy vegetable soup on horseback. He carried the whole mess home in his helmet.
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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Love is merely the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
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To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.
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A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
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No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.
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Under every stone lurks a politician.
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You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.
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Does it seem that everything is extravagance in the world, or rather madness, when you watch the way things go? A crowd of rogues enjoy blessings they have won by sheer injustice, while more honest folks are miserable and die of hunger.
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The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe.
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Wealth–the most excellent of all gods.
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Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever.
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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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One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.
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There is no beast, no rush of fire, like woman so untamed. She calmly goes her way where even panthers would be shamed.
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There is no honest man! not one, that can resist the attraction of gold!
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Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
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