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

Aristophanes

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
It should not prejudice my voice that I’m not born a man, if I say something advantageous to the present situation. For I’m taxed too, and as a toll provide men for the nation.
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Born Feminism Men Myself Nation Voice
A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
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Enemy Inspirational Learning Man Wisdom
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
Words give wings to the mind and make a man soar to heaven.
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Men Mindset Wings
How can I study from below, that which is above?
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Deep Philosophy Study
Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
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Goodness War
It is bad taste for a poet to be coarse and hairy.
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Coarse Poet Taste
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
These impossible women! How they do get around us! The poet was right: can’t live with them, or without them!
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Impossible Live Poet Right Woman
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
You cannot make a crab walk straight.
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Crabs Habit Walk
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
Even if you persuade me, you won’t persuade me.
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Change Yourself
To invoke solely the weaker arguments and yet triumph is an art worth more than a hundred thousand drachmae.
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Argument Art Success

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