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An ancient tradition declares that every idiot blunder we pass into law will sooner or later redound to Athens’ profit.

Aristophanes

Today things are better than yesterday.
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Today Yesterday
Love is merely the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
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Desire Love Names Philosophy Pursuit
Comedy is allied to justice.
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Comedy Justice Lying
It is bad taste for a poet to be coarse and hairy.
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Coarse Poet Taste
This 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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Fight Grief Hands Himself Men Shine Sun
There is no honest man! not one, that can resist the attraction of gold!
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Gold Honesty Men
The old are in a second childhood.
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Age Childhood Old Age One Liner
You can’t have anything else to say: you’ve poured out every drop of what you know.
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Knowledge Yourself
I saw a cavalry captain buy vegetable soup on horseback. He carried the whole mess home in his helmet.
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Food Home Myself Vegetables
The gods, my dear simple fellow, are a mere expression coined by vulgar superstition. We frown upon such coinage here.
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Expression God Simplicity
You vote yourselves salaries out of the public funds and care only for your own personal interests; hence the state limps along.
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Care Salary Vote Yourself
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
Open your mind before your mouth.
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Mind Mouths Yourself
Full of wiles, full of guile, at all times, in all ways, are the children of Men.
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Children Man Time
Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
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Friendship Hunger
Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you’ve done.
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Evil Spring Suffering Yourself

An ancient tradition declares that every idiot blunder we pass into law will sooner or later redound to Athens’ profit.

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