It is the compelling power of great thoughts and ideas to engender phrases of equal size.
ARISTOPHANESThere is no honest man! not one, that can resist the attraction of gold!
More Aristophanes Quotes
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Old age is second childhood.
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By words the mind is winged.
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You can’t have anything else to say: you’ve poured out every drop of what you know.
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Do not take a blind guide.
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Evil events from evil causes spring.
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Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.
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I saw a cavalry captain buy vegetable soup on horseback. He carried the whole mess home in his helmet.
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Tis 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.
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There’s no art where there’s no fee.
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Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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Open your mind before your mouth.
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You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.
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Why, I’d like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
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Prayers without wine are perfectly pointless.
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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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