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Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.

Aristophanes

No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.
ARISTOPHANES

Gains Honesty Men
Under every stone lurks a politician.
ARISTOPHANES

Hide Politics Witty
To invoke solely the weaker arguments and yet triumph is an art worth more than a hundred thousand drachmae.
ARISTOPHANES

Argument Art Success
Have you ever, looking up, seen a cloud like to a Centaur, a Part, or a Wolf, or a Bull?
ARISTOPHANES

Animal Clouds Nature
Children have a master to teach them, grown-ups have the poets.
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Children Learning Poet
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.
ARISTOPHANES

Fight Grief Hands Himself Men Shine Sun
A fox is subtlety itself.
ARISTOPHANES

Animal Foxes
Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever.
ARISTOPHANES

Age Education Forever Ignorance Stupidity Youth
By words the mind is winged.
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Mindset Wings Word
A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country’s good.
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Able Country Goodness 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
A slave is but half a man.
ARISTOPHANES

Half Man Slavery
Poverty, the most fearful monster that ever drew breath.
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Evil Fear Poor
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.
ARISTOPHANES

Best Death Friendship Lost Road Travel
Why, I’d like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
ARISTOPHANES

Achievement Adventure Journey Travel
High thoughts must have high language.
ARISTOPHANES

Language Thinking

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