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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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To invoke solely the weaker arguments and yet triumph is an art worth more than a hundred thousand drachmae.
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Argument Art Success
Poverty, the most fearful monster that ever drew breath.
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Evil Fear Poor
One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.
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Adversity Fortune Grace Trying
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
Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
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Age Change Time Today Vices
It is bad taste for a poet to be coarse and hairy.
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Coarse Poet Taste
High thoughts must have high language.
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Language Thinking
Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever.
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Age Education Forever Ignorance Stupidity Youth
Comedy is allied to justice.
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Comedy Justice Lying
Women, you overheated dipsomaniacs, never passing up a chance to wangle a drink, a great boon to bartenders but a bane to us–not to mention our crockery and our woolens!
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Chance Drink Women
Do not bandy words with your father, nor treat him as a dotard, nor reproach the old man, who has cherished you, with his age.
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Age Father Happiness Men
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
Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon that road which you must travel in the steps they trod.
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Best Death Friendship Lost Road Travel
To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.
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People Promise Winning
Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.
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Ethics Fairness Justice
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
Have you ever, looking up, seen a cloud like to a Centaur, a Part, or a Wolf, or a Bull?
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Animal Clouds Nature
Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you’ve done.
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Evil Spring Suffering Yourself
There is no beast, no rush of fire, like woman so untamed. She calmly goes her way where even panthers would be shamed.
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Fire Strong Untamed Wild Women
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
Under every stone lurks a politician.
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Hide Politics Witty
How can I study from below, that which is above?
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Deep Philosophy Study
An actor should refine public taste.
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Actors Taste
Do not take a blind guide.
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Blind Guide
The wise learn many things from their enemies.
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Enemy Life Wisdom Wise
Words give wings to the mind and make a man soar to heaven.
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Men Mindset Wings
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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Break Thinking Try

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