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Comedy is allied to justice.
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Comedy Justice Lying
Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.
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Atheist Eye Mouth
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
You can’t have anything else to say: you’ve poured out every drop of what you know.
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Knowledge Yourself
The old are in a second childhood.
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Age Childhood Old Age One Liner
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
Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
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Age Change Time Today Vices
Ignorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever.
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Forever Ignorance One Liner Stupidity
How can I study from below, that which is above?
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Deep Philosophy Study
This is what extremely grieves us, that a man who never fought Should contrive our fees to pilfer, on who for his native land Never to this day had oar, or lance, or blister in his hand.
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Fight Grief Hands Himself Men Shine Sun
One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.
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Adversity Fortune Grace Trying
A fox is subtlety itself.
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Animal Foxes
An actor should refine public taste.
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Actors Taste
Love is merely the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
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Desire Love Names Philosophy Pursuit
Full of wiles, full of guile, at all times, in all ways, are the children of Men.
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Children Man Time
The wise learn many things from their enemies.
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Enemy Life Wisdom Wise

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