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A truce to idle phrases!

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Aristophanes
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Comedy Writer
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Father of Comedy
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High thoughts must have high language.
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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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Under every stone lurks a politician.
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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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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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The gods, my dear simple fellow, are a mere expression coined by vulgar superstition. We frown upon such coinage here.
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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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Full of wiles, full of guile, at all times, in all ways, are the children of Men.
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Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
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To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.
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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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[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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Have you ever, looking up, seen a cloud like to a Centaur, a Part, or a Wolf, or a Bull?
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A man's homeland is wherever he prospers.
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Old age is second childhood.
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Prayers without wine are perfectly pointless.
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You cannot make a crab walk straight.
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Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
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Open your mind before your mouth
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You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.
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