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You 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.

Aristophanes

Today things are better than yesterday.
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Today Yesterday
Why, I’d like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
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Achievement Adventure Journey Travel
Ignorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever.
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Forever Ignorance One Liner Stupidity
Do not bandy words with your father, nor treat him as a dotard, nor reproach the old man, who has cherished you, with his age.
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Age Father Happiness Men
Surely you do not believe in the gods. What’s your argument? Where’s your proof?
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Argument Atheist Believe God Religion
High thoughts must have high language.
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Language Thinking
These impossible women! How they do get around us! The poet was right: can’t live with them, or without them!
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Impossible Live Poet Right Woman
A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country’s good.
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Able Country Goodness Men
You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.
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Animal Teaching Walk 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
A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
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Enemy Inspirational Learning Man Wisdom
Under every stone lurks a politician.
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Hide Politics Witty
You can’t have anything else to say: you’ve poured out every drop of what you know.
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Knowledge Yourself
It is right that the good should be happy, that the wicked and the impious on the other hand, should be miserable; that is a truth, I believe, which no one will gainsay.
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Believe Evil Hands
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
Do not take a blind guide.
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Blind Guide

You 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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You 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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