A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
ARISTOPHANESOld age is second childhood.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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Under every stone lurks a politician.
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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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You vote yourselves salaries out of the public funds and care only for your own personal interests; hence the state limps along.
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Poverty, the most fearful monster that ever drew breath.
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Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
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Children have a master to teach them, grown-ups have the poets.
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Woman is adept at getting money for herself and will not easily let herself be deceived; she understands deceit too well herself.
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The old are in a second childhood.
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Let each man exercise the art he knows.
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What unlooked-for things do happen, to be sure, in a long life!
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Full of wiles, full of guile, at all times, in all ways, are the children of Men.
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Comedy is allied to justice.
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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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The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe.
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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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