Chorus : Man naturally is deceitful, ever indeed, and always, in every one thing.
Aristophanes
A man's homeland is wherever he prospers.
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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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Let each man exercise the art he knows.
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Chorus : Ye Children of Man! Whose life is a span, / Protracted with sorrow from day to day, / Naked and featherless, feeble and querulous, / Sickly, calamitous creatures of clay!
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Just Discourse: 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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A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
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Epops: A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
Chorus : Man is naturally deceitful ever, in every way!
Chorus : Man is a truly cunning creature.
Demosthenes: A demagogue must be neither an educated nor an honest man; he has to be an ignoramus and a rogue.
Leader of the Chorus: 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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Women: 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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Blepsidemus: There is no honest man! Not one, that can resist the attraction of gold!
Sosias: The love of wine is a good man's failing.
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