"Young men preen. Old men scheme." — Mason Cooley

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• Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if… — Pietro Aretino
• I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let… — Pietro Aretino
• Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
• A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. — Aristophanes
• Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the… — Aristophanes
• My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
• Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. — Aristotle
• At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
• Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the… — Aristotle

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