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

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


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