Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
ARISTOPHANESI 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.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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Do not take a blind guide.
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These impossible women! How they do get around us! The poet was right: can’t live with them, or without them!
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Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.
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High thoughts must have high language.
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A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country’s good.
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The old are in a second childhood.
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Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
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Open your mind before your mouth.
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Love is merely the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
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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.
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Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
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Why, I’d like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
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Have you ever, looking up, seen a cloud like to a Centaur, a Part, or a Wolf, or a Bull?
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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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How can I study from below, that which is above?
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