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Woman is adept at getting money for herself and will not easily let herself be deceived; she understands deceit too well herself.

Aristophanes

Evil events from evil causes spring.
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Evil Result Spring
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
Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.
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Atheist Eye Mouth
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
Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
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Goodness War
It is the compelling power of great thoughts and ideas to engender phrases of equal size.
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Ideas Phrases Power Size
Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.
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Ethics Fairness Justice
I saw a cavalry captain buy vegetable soup on horseback. He carried the whole mess home in his helmet.
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Food Home Myself Vegetables
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
You cannot make a crab walk straight.
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Crabs Habit Walk
Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever.
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Age Education Forever Ignorance Stupidity Youth
It is bad taste for a poet to be coarse and hairy.
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Coarse Poet Taste
To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.
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People Promise Winning
How can I study from below, that which is above?
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Deep Philosophy Study
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
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

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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