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One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.

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Comedy is allied to justice.
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Comedy Justice Lying
Let each man exercise the art he knows.
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Art Himself Life Strength
You possess all the attributes of a demagogue; a screeching, horrible voice, a perverse, crossgrained nature and the language of the market-place. In you all is united which is needful for governing.
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Character Government Language Nature Need Voice
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
Poverty, the most fearful monster that ever drew breath.
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Evil Fear Poor
To invoke solely the weaker arguments and yet triumph is an art worth more than a hundred thousand drachmae.
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Argument Art Success
Words give wings to the mind and make a man soar to heaven.
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Men Mindset Wings
There’s no art where there’s no fee.
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Art Fee Money
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
It is bad taste for a poet to be coarse and hairy.
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Coarse Poet Taste
A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country’s good.
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Able Country Goodness Men
A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
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Enemy Inspirational Learning Man Wisdom
A man’s homeland is wherever he prospers.
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House Men Wisdom Words
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
One bush, they say, can never hide two thieves.
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Hide One Liner Theft Thieves

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