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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.

Aristophanes

An insult directed at the wicked is not to be censured; on the contrary, the honest man, if he has sense, can only applaud.
ARISTOPHANES

Honesty Insult Men Praise
To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.
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Climbing Lie Necessary Success
Poverty, the most fearful monster that ever drew breath.
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Evil Fear Poor
Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.
ARISTOPHANES

Ethics Fairness Justice
To invoke solely the weaker arguments and yet triumph is an art worth more than a hundred thousand drachmae.
ARISTOPHANES

Argument Art Success
The wise learn many things from their enemies.
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Enemy Life Wisdom Wise
First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.
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Friendship Listening
When men drink wine they are rich, they are busy, they push lawsuits, they are happy, they are friends.
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Busy Men Wine
An actor should refine public taste.
ARISTOPHANES

Actors Taste
A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country’s good.
ARISTOPHANES

Able Country Goodness Men
Ye Children of Man! whose life is a span, Protracted with sorrow from day to day, Naked and featherless, feeble and querulous, Sickly, calamitous creatures of clay!
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Children Humanity Life Men
The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe.
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Enemy Force Truth
Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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Leadership Life People Wisdom Wise
Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.
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Atheist Eye Mouth
The love of wine is a good man’s failing.
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Failure Ideas Love Men Wine
One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.
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Adversity Fortune Grace Trying

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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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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