You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.
From Aristophanes
Love is simply the name for the desire and the pursuit of the whole.
Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
You should not decide until you have heard what both have to say.
Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
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.
Under every stone lurks a politician.
Let each man exercise the art he knows.
Shrines! Shrines! Surely you don't believe in the gods. What's your argument? Where's your proof?
A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
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