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

Aristophanes

Prayers without wine are perfectly pointless.
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Pointless Prayer Religious Wine
Evil events from evil causes spring.
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Evil Result Spring
No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.
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Gains Honesty Men
Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever.
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Age Education Forever Ignorance Stupidity Youth
Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
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Age Change Time Today Vices
The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe.
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Enemy Force Truth
Even if you persuade me, you won’t persuade me.
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Change Yourself
Old age is second childhood.
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Age Childhood Old Age One Liner
An actor should refine public taste.
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Actors Taste
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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Friendship Wall War
It is the compelling power of great thoughts and ideas to engender phrases of equal size.
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Ideas Phrases Power Size
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
Today things are better than yesterday.
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Today Yesterday
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
There is no beast, no rush of fire, like woman so untamed. She calmly goes her way where even panthers would be shamed.
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Fire Strong Untamed Wild Women
Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
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Friendship Hunger

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