Open your mind before your mouth.
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Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
AristophanesAristophanes The love of wine is a good man’s failing.
AristophanesAristophanes Prayers without wine are perfectly pointless.
AristophanesAristophanes Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever.
AristophanesAristophanes 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.
AristophanesAristophanes Full of wiles, full of guile, at all times, in all ways, are the children of Men.
AristophanesAristophanes Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.
AristophanesAristophanes Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.
AristophanesAristophanes Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
AristophanesAristophanes 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.
AristophanesAristophanes Look at the orators in our republics; as long as they are poor, both state and people can only praise their uprightness; but once they are fattened on the public funds, they conceive a hatred for justice, plan intrigues against the people and attack the democracy.
AristophanesAristophanes Old age is second childhood.
AristophanesAristophanes You can’t have anything else to say: you’ve poured out every drop of what you know.
AristophanesAristophanes Ignorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever.
AristophanesAristophanes One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.
AristophanesAristophanes The wise learn many things from their enemies.
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