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High thoughts must have high language.

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Aristophanes
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The old are in a second childhood.
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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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Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war.
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Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
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Today things are better than yesterday.
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Under every stone lurks a politician.
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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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The gods, my dear simple fellow, are a mere expression coined by vulgar superstition. We frown upon such coinage here.
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Do not take a blind guide.
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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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It is the compelling power of great thoughts and ideas to engender phrases of equal size.
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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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You cannot make a crab walk straight.
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Meton (astronomer in 5th century BC): With the straight ruler I set to work To make the circle four-cornered .
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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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Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
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Ignorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever
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First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.
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The love of wine is a good man's failing.
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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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