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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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Comedy Right True
When men drink wine they are rich, they are busy, they push lawsuits, they are happy, they are friends.
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Busy Men Wine
Let each man exercise the art he knows.
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Art Himself Life Strength
You vote yourselves salaries out of the public funds and care only for your own personal interests; hence the state limps along.
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Care Salary Vote Yourself
Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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Leadership Life People Wisdom Wise
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 can’t have anything else to say: you’ve poured out every drop of what you know.
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Knowledge Yourself
Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
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Goodness War
An actor should refine public taste.
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Actors Taste
This is what extremely grieves us, that a man who never fought Should contrive our fees to pilfer, on who for his native land Never to this day had oar, or lance, or blister in his hand.
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Fight Grief Hands Himself Men Shine Sun
The wise learn many things from their enemies.
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Enemy Life Wisdom Wise
To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.
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Climbing Lie Necessary Success
A fox is subtlety itself.
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Animal Foxes
A slave is but half a man.
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Half Man Slavery
One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.
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Adversity Fortune Grace Trying
What unlooked-for things do happen, to be sure, in a long life!
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Life Long

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