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You vote yourselves salaries out of the public funds and care only for your own personal interests; hence the state limps along.

Aristophanes

Ignorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever.
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Forever Ignorance One Liner Stupidity
It is right that the good should be happy, that the wicked and the impious on the other hand, should be miserable; that is a truth, I believe, which no one will gainsay.
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Believe Evil Hands
To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.
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Climbing Lie Necessary Success
One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.
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Adversity Fortune Grace Trying
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
Children have a master to teach them, grown-ups have the poets.
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Children Learning Poet
Why, I’d like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
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Achievement Adventure Journey Travel
Do not take a blind guide.
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Blind Guide
Ye Children of Man! whose life is a span, Protracted with sorrow from day to day, Naked and featherless, feeble and querulous, Sickly, calamitous creatures of clay!
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Children Humanity Life Men
Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
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Age Change Time Today Vices
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
High thoughts must have high language.
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Language Thinking
Let each man exercise the art he knows.
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Art Himself Life Strength
Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
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Goodness War
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
Comedy is allied to justice.
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Comedy Justice Lying

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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