Ignorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever.
ARISTOPHANESIt 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.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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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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How can I study from below, that which is above?
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Let each man exercise the art he knows.
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You cannot make a crab walk straight.
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A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
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An ancient tradition declares that every idiot blunder we pass into law will sooner or later redound to Athens’ profit.
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Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
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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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Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
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First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.
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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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Why, I’d like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
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Children have a master to teach them, grown-ups have the poets.
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The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe.
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Prayers without wine are perfectly pointless.
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