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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.

Aristophanes

An actor should refine public taste.
ARISTOPHANES

Actors Taste
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.
ARISTOPHANES

Fight Grief Hands Himself Men Shine Sun
When men drink, then they are rich and successful and win lawsuits and are happy and help their friends. Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.
ARISTOPHANES

Alcohol Clever Friendship Rich Successful Wine
Let each man exercise the art he knows.
ARISTOPHANES

Art Himself Life Strength
Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
ARISTOPHANES

Goodness War
It is the compelling power of great thoughts and ideas to engender phrases of equal size.
ARISTOPHANES

Ideas Phrases Power Size
It is bad taste for a poet to be coarse and hairy.
ARISTOPHANES

Coarse Poet Taste
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.
ARISTOPHANES

Born Feminism Men Myself Nation Voice
Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you’ve done.
ARISTOPHANES

Evil Spring Suffering Yourself
Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever.
ARISTOPHANES

Age Education Forever Ignorance Stupidity Youth
Today things are better than yesterday.
ARISTOPHANES

Today Yesterday
The love of wine is a good man’s failing.
ARISTOPHANES

Failure Ideas Love Men Wine
Under every stone lurks a politician.
ARISTOPHANES

Hide Politics Witty
An ancient tradition declares that every idiot blunder we pass into law will sooner or later redound to Athens’ profit.
ARISTOPHANES

Idiot Law
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.
ARISTOPHANES

Darkness Dream Race
By words the mind is winged.
ARISTOPHANES

Mindset Wings Word

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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