I choose the likely man in preference to the rich man I want a man without money rather than money without a man.
Themistocles
money man choose rich
I have with me two gods, Persuasion and Compulsion.
gods compulsion persuasion
The Athenians govern the Greeks; I govern the Athenians; you, my wife, govern me; your son governs you.
son wife
For the Athenians command the rest of Greece, I command the Athenians; your mother commands me, and you command your mother.
rest
I never learned how to tune a harp, or play upon a lute; but I know how to raise a small and inconsiderable city to glory and greatness.
greatness glory
May I never sit on a tribunal where my friends shall not find more favor from me than strangers.
favors
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