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An insult directed at the wicked is not to be censured; on the contrary, the honest man, if he has sense, can only applaud.
ARISTOPHANES

Honesty Insult Men Praise
Women, you overheated dipsomaniacs, never passing up a chance to wangle a drink, a great boon to bartenders but a bane to us–not to mention our crockery and our woolens!
ARISTOPHANES

Chance Drink Women
This 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.
ARISTOPHANES

Fight Grief Hands Himself Men Shine Sun
Comedy too can sometimes discern what is right. I shall not please, but I shall say what is true.
ARISTOPHANES

Comedy Right True
A slave is but half a man.
ARISTOPHANES

Half Man Slavery
Do not take a blind guide.
ARISTOPHANES

Blind Guide
High thoughts must have high language.
ARISTOPHANES

Language Thinking
A man’s homeland is wherever he prospers.
ARISTOPHANES

House Men Wisdom Words
There is no beast, no rush of fire, like woman so untamed. She calmly goes her way where even panthers would be shamed.
ARISTOPHANES

Fire Strong Untamed Wild Women
Ye Children of Man! whose life is a span, Protracted with sorrow from day to day, Naked and featherless, feeble and querulous, Sickly, calamitous creatures of clay!
ARISTOPHANES

Children Humanity Life Men
It is bad taste for a poet to be coarse and hairy.
ARISTOPHANES

Coarse Poet Taste
You vote yourselves salaries out of the public funds and care only for your own personal interests; hence the state limps along.
ARISTOPHANES

Care Salary Vote Yourself
What unlooked-for things do happen, to be sure, in a long life!
ARISTOPHANES

Life Long
A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
ARISTOPHANES

Enemy Inspirational Learning Man Wisdom
Prayers without wine are perfectly pointless.
ARISTOPHANES

Pointless Prayer Religious Wine
It should not prejudice my voice that I’m not born a man, if I say something advantageous to the present situation. For I’m taxed too, and as a toll provide men for the nation.
ARISTOPHANES

Born Feminism Men Myself Nation Voice

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