Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.
ARISTOPHANESYou cannot teach a crab to walk straight.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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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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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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It is bad taste for a poet to be coarse and hairy.
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I would treat her like an egg, the shell of which we remove before eating it; I would take off her mask and then kiss her pretty face.
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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.
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By words the mind is winged.
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Surely you do not believe in the gods. What’s your argument? Where’s your proof?
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Let each man exercise the art he knows.
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Old age is second childhood.
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One bush, they say, can never hide two thieves.
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Tis not for us to warn a wilful sinner; We stay him not, but let him run his course, Till by misfortunes rous’d, his conscience wakes, And prompts him to appease th’ offended gods.
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Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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An actor should refine public taste.
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A slave is but half a man.
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Do not take a blind guide.
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