An insult directed at the wicked is not to be censured; on the contrary, the honest man, if he has sense, can only applaud.
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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Evil events from evil causes spring.
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You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.
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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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How can I study from below, that which is above?
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Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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The wise learn many things from their enemies.
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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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Comedy too can sometimes discern what is right. I shall not please, but I shall say what is true.
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It is bad taste for a poet to be coarse and hairy.
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Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
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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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It often happens that less depends upon the valor of an army than the skill of the leader.
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The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe.
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Words give wings to the mind and make a man soar to heaven.
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Have you ever, looking up, seen a cloud like to a Centaur, a Part, or a Wolf, or a Bull?
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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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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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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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Wealth–the most excellent of all gods.
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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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Weak mortals, chained to the earth, creatures of clay as frail as the foliage of the woods, you unfortunate race, whose life is but darkness, as unreal as a shadow, the illusion of a dream.
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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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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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Surely you do not believe in the gods. What’s your argument? Where’s your proof?
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Love is merely the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
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A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
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