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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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Friendship Wall War
There is no honest man! not one, that can resist the attraction of gold!
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Gold Honesty Men
It is bad taste for a poet to be coarse and hairy.
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Coarse Poet Taste
Wealth–the most excellent of all gods.
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Excellence God Money Wealth
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
No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.
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Gains Honesty Men
Look at the orators in our republics; as long as they are poor, both state and people can only praise their uprightness; but once they are fattened on the public funds, they conceive a hatred for justice, plan intrigues against the people and attack the democracy.
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Justice Long Ourselves People
Comedy is allied to justice.
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Comedy Justice Lying
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’s no art where there’s no fee.
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Art Fee Money
An actor should refine public taste.
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Actors Taste
Why, I’d like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
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Achievement Adventure Journey Travel
Weak mortals, chained to the earth, creatures of clay as frail as the foliage of the woods, you unfortunate race, whose life is but darkness, as unreal as a shadow, the illusion of a dream.
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Darkness Dream Race
Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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Leadership Life People Wisdom Wise
Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you’ve done.
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Evil Spring Suffering Yourself
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

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