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Why, I’d like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.

Aristophanes

Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
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Character Politician Voice
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
The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe.
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Enemy Force Truth
Full of wiles, full of guile, at all times, in all ways, are the children of Men.
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Children Man Time
To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.
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People Promise Winning
Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.
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Atheist Eye Mouth
Even if you persuade me, you won’t persuade me.
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Change Yourself
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
It is bad taste for a poet to be coarse and hairy.
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Coarse Poet Taste
Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
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Goodness War
A fox is subtlety itself.
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Animal Foxes
Mix and knead together all the state business as you do for your sausages. To win the people, always cook them some savory that pleases them.
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People Together Winning
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
The love of wine is a good man’s failing.
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Failure Ideas Love Men Wine
First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.
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Friendship Listening
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
Poverty, the most fearful monster that ever drew breath.
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Evil Fear Poor
Today things are better than yesterday.
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Today Yesterday
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
Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you’ve done.
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Evil Spring Suffering Yourself
Open your mind before your mouth.
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Mind Mouths Yourself
The old are in a second childhood.
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Age Childhood Old Age One Liner
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
To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.
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Climbing Lie Necessary Success
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
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

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