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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

When men drink wine they are rich, they are busy, they push lawsuits, they are happy, they are friends.
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Busy Men Wine
Even if you persuade me, you won’t persuade me.
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Change Yourself
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
Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you’ve done.
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Evil Spring Suffering Yourself
Women, you overheated dipsomaniacs, never passing up a chance to wangle a drink, a great boon to bartenders but a bane to us–not to mention our crockery and our woolens!
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Chance Drink Women
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
High thoughts must have high language.
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Language Thinking
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
Poverty, the most fearful monster that ever drew breath.
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Evil Fear Poor
Have you ever, looking up, seen a cloud like to a Centaur, a Part, or a Wolf, or a Bull?
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Animal Clouds Nature
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
If a man owes me money, I never seem to forget. But if I do the owing, I somehow never remember.
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Debt Funny Men Money Owing
What unlooked-for things do happen, to be sure, in a long life!
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Life Long
A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country’s good.
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Able Country Goodness Men
Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.
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Ethics Fairness Justice
Old age is second childhood.
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Age Childhood Old Age One Liner

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