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Aristophanes
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Comedy Writer
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Father of Comedy
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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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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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A man's homeland is wherever he prospers.
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The old are in a second childhood.
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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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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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The gods, my dear simple fellow, are a mere expression coined by vulgar superstition. We frown upon such coinage here.
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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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The wise learn many things from their enemies.
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Ignorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever
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Do not take a blind guide.
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Open your mind before your mouth
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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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Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you've done.
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Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
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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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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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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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Prayers without wine are perfectly pointless.
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Even if you persuade me, you won’t persuade me.
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