Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war.
ARISTOPHANESA fox is subtlety itself.
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Why, I’d like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
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One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.
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If a man owes me money, I never seem to forget. But if I do the owing, I somehow never remember.
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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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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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The wise learn many things from their enemies.
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Comedy too can sometimes discern what is right. I shall not please, but I shall say what is true.
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The old are in a second childhood.
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Love is merely the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
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No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.
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To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.
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An ancient tradition declares that every idiot blunder we pass into law will sooner or later redound to Athens’ profit.
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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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You cannot make a crab walk straight.
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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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