Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.
ARISTOPHANESThis 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.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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Surely you do not believe in the gods. What’s your argument? Where’s your proof?
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One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.
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To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.
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No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.
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Prayers without wine are perfectly pointless.
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Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.
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Today things are better than yesterday.
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Wealth–the most excellent of all gods.
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Evil events from evil causes spring.
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First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.
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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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How can I study from below, that which is above?
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The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe.
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Under every stone lurks a politician.
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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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