Aristophanes - The Clouds

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This Second Logic then, I mean the Worse one,
They teach to talk unjustly, and—prevail.

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If you strike upon a thought that baffles you, break off from that entanglement and try another, so shall your wits be fresh to start again.

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Tis not for us to warn a wilful sinner; We stay him not, but let him run his course, Till by misfortunes rous'd, his conscience wakes, And prompts him to appease th' offended gods.

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Only by being suspended aloft, by dangling my mind in the heavens and mingling my rare thought with the ethereal air, could I ever achieve strict scientific accuracy in my survey of the vast empyrean. Had I pursued my inquiries from down there on the ground, my data would be worthless. The earth, you see, pulls down the delicate essence of thought to its own gross level.

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Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you've done.

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The gods, my dear simple fellow, are a mere expression coined by vulgar superstition. We frown upon such coinage here.

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If a man owes me money, I never seem to forget. But if I do the owing, I somehow never remember.

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