How can I study from below, that which is above?
ARISTOPHANESNo man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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Do not take a blind guide.
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You vote yourselves salaries out of the public funds and care only for your own personal interests; hence the state limps along.
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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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Prayers without wine are perfectly pointless.
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One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.
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An ancient tradition declares that every idiot blunder we pass into law will sooner or later redound to Athens’ profit.
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Full of wiles, full of guile, at all times, in all ways, are the children of Men.
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This is what extremely grieves us, that a man who never fought Should contrive our fees to pilfer, on who for his native land Never to this day had oar, or lance, or blister in his hand.
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Let each man exercise the art he knows.
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Children have a master to teach them, grown-ups have the poets.
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The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe.
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By words the mind is winged.
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When men drink wine they are rich, they are busy, they push lawsuits, they are happy, they are friends.
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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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Mix and knead together all the state business as you do for your sausages. To win the people, always cook them some savory that pleases them.
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