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.
ARISTOPHANESYou can’t have anything else to say: you’ve poured out every drop of what you know.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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A man’s homeland is wherever he prospers.
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Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.
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Under every stone lurks a politician.
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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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The wise learn many things from their enemies.
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Surely you do not believe in the gods. What’s your argument? Where’s your proof?
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Words give wings to the mind and make a man soar to heaven.
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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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Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
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You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.
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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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Wealth–the most excellent of all gods.
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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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You can’t have anything else to say: you’ve poured out every drop of what you know.
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