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Aristophanes

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
Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.
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Ethics Fairness Justice
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
Poverty, the most fearful monster that ever drew breath.
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Evil Fear Poor
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
Under every stone lurks a politician.
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Hide Politics Witty
Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
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Friendship Hunger
The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe.
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Enemy Force Truth
To invoke solely the weaker arguments and yet triumph is an art worth more than a hundred thousand drachmae.
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Argument Art Success
No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.
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Gains Honesty Men
Children have a master to teach them, grown-ups have the poets.
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Children Learning Poet
High thoughts must have high language.
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Language Thinking
Words give wings to the mind and make a man soar to heaven.
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Men Mindset Wings
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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Alcohol Clever Friendship Rich Successful Wine
Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
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Age Change Time Today Vices
A demagogue must be neither an educated nor an honest man; he has to be an ignoramus and a rogue.
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Education Honest Men

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