It often happens that less depends upon the valor of an army than the skill of the leader.
ARISTOPHANESAn actor should refine public taste.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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Comedy is allied to justice.
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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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Women, you overheated dipsomaniacs, never passing up a chance to wangle a drink, a great boon to bartenders but a bane to us–not to mention our crockery and our woolens!
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One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.
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Poverty, the most fearful monster that ever drew breath.
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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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Even if you persuade me, you won’t persuade me.
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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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Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
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Today things are better than yesterday.
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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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One bush, they say, can never hide two thieves.
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Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever.
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A man’s homeland is wherever he prospers.
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Prayers without wine are perfectly pointless.
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