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Aristophanes

How can I study from below, that which is above?
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Deep Philosophy Study
Do not take a blind guide.
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Blind Guide
A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country’s good.
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Able Country Goodness Men
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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Honesty Insult Men Praise
The love of wine is a good man’s failing.
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Failure Ideas Love Men Wine
Comedy too can sometimes discern what is right. I shall not please, but I shall say what is true.
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Comedy Right True
Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.
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Ethics Fairness Justice
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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Debt Funny Men Money Owing
The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe.
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Enemy Force Truth
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
First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.
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Friendship Listening
Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
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Age Change Time Today Vices
You can’t have anything else to say: you’ve poured out every drop of what you know.
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Knowledge Yourself
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
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

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