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The old are in a second childhood.

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Aristophanes
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Comedy Writer
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Father of Comedy
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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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One bush, they say, can never hide two thieves.
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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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The gods, my dear simple fellow, are a mere expression coined by vulgar superstition. We frown upon such coinage here.
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An insult directed at the wicked is not to be censured on the contrary, the honest man, if he has sense, can only applaud.
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Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever.
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There is no honest man! not one, that can resist the attraction of gold!
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Today things are better than yesterday.
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The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe.
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The love of wine is a good man's failing.
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These impossible women! How they do get around us! The poet was right: can't live with them, or without them!
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[Y]ou possess all the attributes of a demagogue a screeching, horrible voice, a perverse, crossgrained nature and the language of the market-place. In you all is united which is needful for governing.
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You can't have anything else to say: you've poured out every drop of what you know.
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Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
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Even if you persuade me, you won’t persuade me.
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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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It often happens that less depends upon the valor of an army than the skill of the leader.
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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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High thoughts must have high language.
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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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