Does it seem that everything is extravagance in the world, or rather madness, when you watch the way things go? A crowd of rogues enjoy blessings they have won by sheer injustice, while more honest folks are miserable and die of hunger.
ARISTOPHANESDoes it seem that everything is extravagance in the world, or rather madness, when you watch the way things go? A crowd of rogues enjoy blessings they have won by sheer injustice, while more honest folks are miserable and die of hunger.
ARISTOPHANESQuickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.
ARISTOPHANESThis is what extremely grieves us, that a man who never fought Should contrive our fees to pilfer, on who for his native land Never to this day had oar, or lance, or blister in his hand.
ARISTOPHANESTis 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.
ARISTOPHANESYou cannot teach a crab to walk straight.
ARISTOPHANESIf 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.
ARISTOPHANESYour lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon that road which you must travel in the steps they trod.
ARISTOPHANESEvil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you’ve done.
ARISTOPHANESTo plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.
ARISTOPHANESTo win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.
ARISTOPHANESYou vote yourselves salaries out of the public funds and care only for your own personal interests; hence the state limps along.
ARISTOPHANESThe wise learn many things from their enemies.
ARISTOPHANESMix 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.
ARISTOPHANESA man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
ARISTOPHANESBy words the mind is winged.
ARISTOPHANESYou cannot make a crab walk straight.
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