A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
ARISTOPHANESTo win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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A fox is subtlety itself.
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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.
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If a man owes me money, I never seem to forget. But if I do the owing, I somehow never remember.
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Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
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Old age is second childhood.
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To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.
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Mix 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.
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The gods, my dear simple fellow, are a mere expression coined by vulgar superstition. We frown upon such coinage here.
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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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Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you’ve done.
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Let each man exercise the art he knows.
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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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High thoughts must have high language.
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You cannot make a crab walk straight.
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You possess all the attributes of a demagogue; a screeching, horrible voice, a perverse, crossgrained nature and the language of the market-place. In you all is united which is needful for governing.
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