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It is bad taste for a poet to be coarse and hairy.

Aristophanes

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
The wise learn many things from their enemies.
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Enemy Life Wisdom Wise
Do not take a blind guide.
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Blind Guide
You can’t have anything else to say: you’ve poured out every drop of what you know.
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Knowledge Yourself
Tis not for us to warn a wilful sinner; We stay him not, but let him run his course, Till by misfortunes rous’d, his conscience wakes, And prompts him to appease th’ offended gods.
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Courses Fortune God Running Wake
Children have a master to teach them, grown-ups have the poets.
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Children Learning Poet
The love of wine is a good man’s failing.
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Failure Ideas Love Men Wine
What unlooked-for things do happen, to be sure, in a long life!
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Life Long
Let each man exercise the art he knows.
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Art Himself Life Strength
Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.
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Ethics Fairness Justice
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
It should not prejudice my voice that I’m not born a man, if I say something advantageous to the present situation. For I’m taxed too, and as a toll provide men for the nation.
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Born Feminism Men Myself Nation Voice
Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
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Goodness War
Under every stone lurks a politician.
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Hide Politics Witty
There’s no art where there’s no fee.
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Art Fee Money
An actor should refine public taste.
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Actors Taste

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