Evil events from evil causes spring.
ARISTOPHANESEvil events from evil causes spring.
ARISTOPHANESDo not take a blind guide.
ARISTOPHANESA man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country’s good.
ARISTOPHANESThe love of wine is a good man’s failing.
ARISTOPHANESTo win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.
ARISTOPHANESIt is the compelling power of great thoughts and ideas to engender phrases of equal size.
ARISTOPHANESHunger knows no friend but its feeder.
ARISTOPHANESWhen men drink, then they are rich and successful and win lawsuits and are happy and help their friends. Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.
ARISTOPHANESI saw a cavalry captain buy vegetable soup on horseback. He carried the whole mess home in his helmet.
ARISTOPHANESEvil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you’ve done.
ARISTOPHANESDo not bandy words with your father, nor treat him as a dotard, nor reproach the old man, who has cherished you, with his age.
ARISTOPHANESThe wise learn many things from their enemies.
ARISTOPHANESEven if you persuade me, you won’t persuade me.
ARISTOPHANESOne must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.
ARISTOPHANESTo invoke solely the weaker arguments and yet triumph is an art worth more than a hundred thousand drachmae.
ARISTOPHANESOpen your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.
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