Under every stone lurks a politician.
ARISTOPHANESA man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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Ignorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever.
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Words give wings to the mind and make a man soar to heaven.
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Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.
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Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever.
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Comedy is allied to justice.
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By words the mind is winged.
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Even if you persuade me, you won’t persuade me.
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It is right that the good should be happy, that the wicked and the impious on the other hand, should be miserable; that is a truth, I believe, which no one will gainsay.
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To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.
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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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No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.
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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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Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
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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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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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Wealth–the most excellent of all gods.
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Do not bandy words with your father, nor treat him as a dotard, nor reproach the old man, who has cherished you, with his age.
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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 is bad taste for a poet to be coarse and hairy.
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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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Open your mind before your mouth.
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I saw a cavalry captain buy vegetable soup on horseback. He carried the whole mess home in his helmet.
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The old are in a second childhood.
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First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.
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Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
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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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