The old are in a second childhood.
ARISTOPHANESThis 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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No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.
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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.
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Wealth–the most excellent of all gods.
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Let each man exercise the art he knows.
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Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war.
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Tis not for us to warn a wilful sinner; We stay him not, but let him run his course, Till by misfortunes rous’d, his conscience wakes, And prompts him to appease th’ offended gods.
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Old age is second childhood.
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Open your mind before your mouth.
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An actor should refine public taste.
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The love of wine is a good man’s failing.
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Full of wiles, full of guile, at all times, in all ways, are the children of Men.
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First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.
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The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe.
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Comedy is allied to justice.
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A man’s homeland is wherever he prospers.
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