Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.
ARISTOPHANESEvil events from evil causes spring.
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Poverty, the most fearful monster that ever drew breath.
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Words give wings to the mind and make a man soar to heaven.
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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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By words the mind is winged.
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One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.
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Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
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There’s no art where there’s no fee.
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Why, I’d like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
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The old are in a second childhood.
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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.
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No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.
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It is bad taste for a poet to be coarse and hairy.
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You cannot make a crab walk straight.
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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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Prayers without wine are perfectly pointless.
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