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Prayers without wine are perfectly pointless.

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The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe.
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Enemy Force Truth
Evil events from evil causes spring.
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Evil Result Spring
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
Love is merely the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
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Desire Love Names Philosophy Pursuit
Why, I’d like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
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Achievement Adventure Journey Travel
A man’s homeland is wherever he prospers.
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House Men Wisdom Words
An actor should refine public taste.
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Actors Taste
A slave is but half a man.
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Half Man Slavery
A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
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Enemy Inspirational Learning Man Wisdom
One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.
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Adversity Fortune Grace Trying
Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
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Character Politician Voice
The love of wine is a good man’s failing.
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Failure Ideas Love Men Wine
An ancient tradition declares that every idiot blunder we pass into law will sooner or later redound to Athens’ profit.
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Idiot Law
Full of wiles, full of guile, at all times, in all ways, are the children of Men.
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Children Man Time
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
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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