A demagogue must be neither an educated nor an honest man; he has to be an ignoramus and a rogue.
ARISTOPHANESYou possess all the attributes of a demagogue; a screeching, horrible voice, a perverse, crossgrained nature and the language of the market-place. In you all is united which is needful for governing.
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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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A fox is subtlety itself.
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Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you’ve done.
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The love of wine is a good man’s failing.
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By words the mind is winged.
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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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Wealth–the most excellent of all gods.
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To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.
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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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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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It is the compelling power of great thoughts and ideas to engender phrases of equal size.
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Do not take a blind guide.
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Mix and knead together all the state business as you do for your sausages. To win the people, always cook them some savory that pleases them.
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Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
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To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.
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