Woman is adept at getting money for herself and will not easily let herself be deceived; she understands deceit too well herself.
ARISTOPHANESMen of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.
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It should not prejudice my voice that I’m not born a man, if I say something advantageous to the present situation. For I’m taxed too, and as a toll provide men for the nation.
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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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When men drink wine they are rich, they are busy, they push lawsuits, they are happy, they are friends.
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Surely you do not believe in the gods. What’s your argument? Where’s your proof?
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Open your mind before your mouth.
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A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
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Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war.
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You possess all the attributes of a demagogue; a screeching, horrible voice, a perverse, crossgrained nature and the language of the market-place. In you all is united which is needful for governing.
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Prayers without wine are perfectly pointless.
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You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.
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Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.
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You can’t have anything else to say: you’ve poured out every drop of what you know.
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Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
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There is no honest man! not one, that can resist the attraction of gold!
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