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It often happens that less depends upon the valor of an army than the skill of the leader.

Aristophanes

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
You can’t have anything else to say: you’ve poured out every drop of what you know.
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Knowledge Yourself
Comedy is allied to justice.
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Comedy Justice Lying
The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe.
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Enemy Force Truth
An actor should refine public taste.
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Actors Taste
A slave is but half a man.
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Half Man Slavery
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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Blessing Death Honesty Mad Misery World
By words the mind is winged.
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Mindset Wings Word
Under every stone lurks a politician.
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Hide Politics Witty
Have you ever, looking up, seen a cloud like to a Centaur, a Part, or a Wolf, or a Bull?
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Animal Clouds Nature
Let each man exercise the art he knows.
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Art Himself Life Strength
Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon that road which you must travel in the steps they trod.
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Best Death Friendship Lost Road Travel
A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country’s good.
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Able Country Goodness Men
Tis not for us to warn a wilful sinner; We stay him not, but let him run his course, Till by misfortunes rous’d, his conscience wakes, And prompts him to appease th’ offended gods.
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Courses Fortune God Running Wake
No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.
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Gains Honesty Men
It often happens that less depends upon the valor of an army than the skill of the leader.
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Army Leadership Skill

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