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Old age is second childhood.

Aristophanes

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Aristophanes
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Comedy Writer
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Father of Comedy
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The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe.
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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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First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.
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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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Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
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Weak mortals, chained to the earth, creatures of clay as frail as the foliage of the woods, you unfortunate race, whose life is but darkness, as unreal as a shadow, the illusion of a dream.
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No man is really honest none of us is above the influence of gain.
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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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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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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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One bush, they say, can never hide two thieves.
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You will never make the crab walk straight.
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To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.
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Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever.
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You cannot make a crab walk straight.
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