By words the mind is winged.
ARISTOPHANESTo invoke solely the weaker arguments and yet triumph is an art worth more than a hundred thousand drachmae.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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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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I saw a cavalry captain buy vegetable soup on horseback. He carried the whole mess home in his helmet.
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Words give wings to the mind and make a man soar to heaven.
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A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
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The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe.
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First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.
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Evil events from evil causes spring.
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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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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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The gods, my dear simple fellow, are a mere expression coined by vulgar superstition. We frown upon such coinage here.
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Old age is second childhood.
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A demagogue must be neither an educated nor an honest man; he has to be an ignoramus and a rogue.
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How can I study from below, that which is above?
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An insult directed at the wicked is not to be censured; on the contrary, the honest man, if he has sense, can only applaud.
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Comedy is allied to justice.
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