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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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Full of wiles, full of guile, at all times, in all ways, are the children of Men.
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Children Man Time
One bush, they say, can never hide two thieves.
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Hide One Liner Theft Thieves
This is what extremely grieves us, that a man who never fought Should contrive our fees to pilfer, on who for his native land Never to this day had oar, or lance, or blister in his hand.
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Fight Grief Hands Himself Men Shine Sun
By words the mind is winged.
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Mindset Wings Word
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
A slave is but half a man.
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Half Man Slavery
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
Surely you do not believe in the gods. What’s your argument? Where’s your proof?
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Argument Atheist Believe God Religion
The love of wine is a good man’s failing.
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Failure Ideas Love Men Wine
Children have a master to teach them, grown-ups have the poets.
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Children Learning Poet
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 gods, my dear simple fellow, are a mere expression coined by vulgar superstition. We frown upon such coinage here.
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Expression God Simplicity
A demagogue must be neither an educated nor an honest man; he has to be an ignoramus and a rogue.
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Education Honest Men
First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.
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Friendship Listening
A man’s homeland is wherever he prospers.
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House Men Wisdom Words
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
Poverty, the most fearful monster that ever drew breath.
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Evil Fear Poor
You cannot make a crab walk straight.
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Crabs Habit Walk
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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Justice Long Ourselves People
How can I study from below, that which is above?
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Deep Philosophy Study
It often happens that less depends upon the valor of an army than the skill of the leader.
ARISTOPHANES

Army Leadership Skill
No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.
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Gains Honesty Men
Even if you persuade me, you won’t persuade me.
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Change Yourself
Open your mind before your mouth.
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Mind Mouths Yourself
You vote yourselves salaries out of the public funds and care only for your own personal interests; hence the state limps along.
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Care Salary Vote Yourself
An actor should refine public taste.
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Actors Taste
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

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