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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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Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever.
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Age Education Forever Ignorance Stupidity Youth
The love of wine is a good man’s failing.
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Failure Ideas Love Men Wine
Wealth–the most excellent of all gods.
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Excellence God Money Wealth
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
A demagogue must be neither an educated nor an honest man; he has to be an ignoramus and a rogue.
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Education Honest Men
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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Fire Strong Untamed Wild Women
Even if you persuade me, you won’t persuade me.
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Change Yourself
Comedy is allied to justice.
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Comedy Justice Lying
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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Believe Evil Hands
I would treat her like an egg, the shell of which we remove before eating it; I would take off her mask and then kiss her pretty face.
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Egg Food Kissing
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
An ancient tradition declares that every idiot blunder we pass into law will sooner or later redound to Athens’ profit.
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Idiot Law
First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.
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Friendship Listening
One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.
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Adversity Fortune Grace Trying
To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.
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People Promise Winning
When men drink, then they are rich and successful and win lawsuits and are happy and help their friends. Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.
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Alcohol Clever Friendship Rich Successful Wine

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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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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