To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.
ARISTOPHANESAn ancient tradition declares that every idiot blunder we pass into law will sooner or later redound to Athens’ profit.
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Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.
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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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Under every stone lurks a politician.
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A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country’s good.
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The old are in a second childhood.
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Surely you do not believe in the gods. What’s your argument? Where’s your proof?
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Let each man exercise the art he knows.
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No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.
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Ignorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever.
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Evil events from evil causes spring.
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Love is merely the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
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You can’t have anything else to say: you’ve poured out every drop of what you know.
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Do not take a blind guide.
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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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If you strike upon a thought that baffles you, break off from that entanglement and try another, so shall your wits be fresh to start again.
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