Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
ARISTOPHANESA man’s homeland is wherever he prospers.
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Why, I’d like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
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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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A man’s homeland is wherever he prospers.
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An insult directed at the wicked is not to be censured; on the contrary, the honest man, if he has sense, can only applaud.
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There is no honest man! not one, that can resist the attraction of gold!
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Words give wings to the mind and make a man soar to heaven.
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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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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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Do not take a blind guide.
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Old age is second childhood.
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The wise learn many things from their enemies.
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When men drink wine they are rich, they are busy, they push lawsuits, they are happy, they are friends.
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Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you’ve done.
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Full of wiles, full of guile, at all times, in all ways, are the children of Men.
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When men drink, then they are rich and successful and win lawsuits and are happy and help their friends. Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.
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