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

Aristophanes

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
A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country’s good.
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Able Country Goodness Men
Even if you persuade me, you won’t persuade me.
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Change Yourself
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
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
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
Love is merely the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
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Desire Love Names Philosophy Pursuit
If a man owes me money, I never seem to forget. But if I do the owing, I somehow never remember.
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Debt Funny Men Money Owing
High thoughts must have high language.
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Language Thinking
Women, you overheated dipsomaniacs, never passing up a chance to wangle a drink, a great boon to bartenders but a bane to us–not to mention our crockery and our woolens!
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Chance Drink Women
Let each man exercise the art he knows.
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Art Himself Life Strength
A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
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Enemy Inspirational Learning Man Wisdom
Today things are better than yesterday.
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Today Yesterday
Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.
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Ethics Fairness Justice
By words the mind is winged.
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Mindset Wings Word

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