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Surely you do not believe in the gods. What’s your argument? Where’s your proof?
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Argument Atheist Believe God Religion
Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.
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Ethics Fairness Justice
One bush, they say, can never hide two thieves.
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Hide One Liner Theft Thieves
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
If you strike upon a thought that baffles you, break off from that entanglement and try another, so shall your wits be fresh to start again.
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Break Thinking Try
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
Mix and knead together all the state business as you do for your sausages. To win the people, always cook them some savory that pleases them.
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People Together Winning
Today things are better than yesterday.
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Today Yesterday
You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.
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Animal Teaching Walk Yourself
Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
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Age Change Time Today Vices
An insult directed at the wicked is not to be censured; on the contrary, the honest man, if he has sense, can only applaud.
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Honesty Insult Men Praise
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
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
Ye Children of Man! whose life is a span, Protracted with sorrow from day to day, Naked and featherless, feeble and querulous, Sickly, calamitous creatures of clay!
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Children Humanity Life Men
Children have a master to teach them, grown-ups have the poets.
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Children Learning Poet
One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.
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Adversity Fortune Grace Trying
First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.
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Friendship Listening
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
Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
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Character Politician Voice
Do not take a blind guide.
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Blind Guide
A fox is subtlety itself.
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Animal Foxes
How can I study from below, that which is above?
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Deep Philosophy Study
When men drink wine they are rich, they are busy, they push lawsuits, they are happy, they are friends.
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Busy Men Wine
No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.
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Gains Honesty Men
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
To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.
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Climbing Lie Necessary Success
Poverty, the most fearful monster that ever drew breath.
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Evil Fear Poor

Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.

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