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

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
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
First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.
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Friendship Listening
Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
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Age Change Time Today Vices
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
Does it seem that everything is extravagance in the world, or rather madness, when you watch the way things go? A crowd of rogues enjoy blessings they have won by sheer injustice, while more honest folks are miserable and die of hunger.
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Blessing Death Honesty Mad Misery World
Why, I’d like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
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Achievement Adventure Journey Travel
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
Woman is adept at getting money for herself and will not easily let herself be deceived; she understands deceit too well herself.
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Deceit Deceived Money
Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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Leadership Life People Wisdom Wise
A fox is subtlety itself.
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Animal Foxes
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
Have you ever, looking up, seen a cloud like to a Centaur, a Part, or a Wolf, or a Bull?
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Animal Clouds Nature
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
Let each man exercise the art he knows.
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Art Himself Life Strength
Poverty, the most fearful monster that ever drew breath.
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Evil Fear Poor

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