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

Aristophanes

Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
ARISTOPHANES

Leadership Life People Wisdom Wise
Even if you persuade me, you won’t persuade me.
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Change Yourself
One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.
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Adversity Fortune Grace Trying
Woman is adept at getting money for herself and will not easily let herself be deceived; she understands deceit too well herself.
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Deceit Deceived Money
Evil events from evil causes spring.
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Evil Result Spring
An actor should refine public taste.
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Actors Taste
One bush, they say, can never hide two thieves.
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Hide One Liner Theft Thieves
The old are in a second childhood.
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Age Childhood Old Age One Liner
Old age is second childhood.
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Age Childhood Old Age One Liner
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
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
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.
ARISTOPHANES

Blessing Death Honesty Mad Misery World
A man’s homeland is wherever he prospers.
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House Men Wisdom Words
No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.
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Gains Honesty Men
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
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

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

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