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High thoughts must have high language.

Aristophanes

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Aristophanes
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Comedy Writer
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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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To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.
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Today things are better than yesterday.
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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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Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
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Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you've done.
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Under every stone lurks a politician.
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A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
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Old age is but a second childhood.
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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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Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
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Prayers without wine are perfectly pointless.
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It often happens that less depends upon the valor of an army than the skill of the leader.
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Even if you persuade me, you won’t persuade me.
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No man is really honest none of us is above the influence of gain.
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