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To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.

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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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Debt Funny Men Money Owing
The old are in a second childhood.
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Age Childhood Old Age One Liner
I would treat her like an egg, the shell of which we remove before eating it; I would take off her mask and then kiss her pretty face.
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Egg Food Kissing
A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country’s good.
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Able Country Goodness Men
Under every stone lurks a politician.
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Hide Politics Witty
A man’s homeland is wherever he prospers.
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House Men Wisdom Words
Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.
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Clever Mindset Wine
Comedy too can sometimes discern what is right. I shall not please, but I shall say what is true.
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Comedy Right True
Even if you persuade me, you won’t persuade me.
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Change Yourself
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
An ancient tradition declares that every idiot blunder we pass into law will sooner or later redound to Athens’ profit.
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Idiot Law
No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.
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Gains Honesty Men
There is no honest man! not one, that can resist the attraction of gold!
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Gold Honesty Men
The gods, my dear simple fellow, are a mere expression coined by vulgar superstition. We frown upon such coinage here.
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Expression God Simplicity
Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.
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Atheist Eye Mouth
A slave is but half a man.
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Half Man Slavery

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