Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you’ve done.
ARISTOPHANESI saw a cavalry captain buy vegetable soup on horseback. He carried the whole mess home in his helmet.
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Under every stone lurks a politician.
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A slave is but half a man.
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Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
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Do not take a blind guide.
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Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.
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High thoughts must have high language.
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Have you ever, looking up, seen a cloud like to a Centaur, a Part, or a Wolf, or a Bull?
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A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
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A fox is subtlety itself.
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If you strike upon a thought that baffles you, break off from that entanglement and try another, so shall your wits be fresh to start again.
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You can’t have anything else to say: you’ve poured out every drop of what you know.
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Ignorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever.
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Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
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To invoke solely the weaker arguments and yet triumph is an art worth more than a hundred thousand drachmae.
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Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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