Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
ARISTOPHANESThou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.
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Words give wings to the mind and make a man soar to heaven.
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Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
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The old are in a second childhood.
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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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A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country’s good.
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A slave is but half a man.
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Let each man exercise the art he knows.
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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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By words the mind is winged.
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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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A fox is subtlety itself.
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A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
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To invoke solely the weaker arguments and yet triumph is an art worth more than a hundred thousand drachmae.
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I saw a cavalry captain buy vegetable soup on horseback. He carried the whole mess home in his helmet.
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You can’t have anything else to say: you’ve poured out every drop of what you know.
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