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First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.

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Aristophanes
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May
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Old age is second childhood.
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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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The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe.
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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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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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Old age is but a second childhood.
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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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To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.
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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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Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
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A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
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Even if you persuade me, you won’t persuade me.
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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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No man is really honest none of us is above the influence of gain.
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Do not take a blind guide.
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Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
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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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The wise learn many things from their enemies.
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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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