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Be bold and boast, just like the cock beside the hen.

Nationality : Greek

Democracy… is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.

Nationality : Greek

If you pour oil and vinegar into the same vessel, you would call them not friends but opponents.

Nationality : Greek

Search well and be wise, nor believe that self-willed pride will ever be better than good counsel.

Nationality : Greek

It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.

Nationality : Greek

If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.

Nationality : Greek

Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.

Nationality : Greek

What atonement is there for blood spilt upon the earth?

Nationality : Greek

Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts.

Nationality : Greek

It is always in season for old men to learn.

Nationality : Greek

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