Do not bandy words with your father, nor treat him as a dotard, nor reproach the old man, who has cherished you, with his age.
ARISTOPHANESWhy, I’d like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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A slave is but half a man.
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You possess all the attributes of a demagogue; a screeching, horrible voice, a perverse, crossgrained nature and the language of the market-place. In you all is united which is needful for governing.
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Mix and knead together all the state business as you do for your sausages. To win the people, always cook them some savory that pleases them.
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When men drink wine they are rich, they are busy, they push lawsuits, they are happy, they are friends.
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If a man owes me money, I never seem to forget. But if I do the owing, I somehow never remember.
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Comedy is allied to justice.
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Surely you do not believe in the gods. What’s your argument? Where’s your proof?
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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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Open your mind before your mouth.
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Ignorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever.
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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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Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
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The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe.
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The gods, my dear simple fellow, are a mere expression coined by vulgar superstition. We frown upon such coinage here.
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Comedy too can sometimes discern what is right. I shall not please, but I shall say what is true.
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