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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.

— Aristophanes

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I intend to measure out the air for you—dividing it in surveyed lots.

How sweet a drink is wine, the milk of Aphrodite.

No honour to a young wife is an old husband.

To be afraid of death is idle folly,
For 'tis a debt that all of us must pay.

Variant:You won't persuade [peiseis] me even if you convince [peisēs] me.

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