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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

Weak mortals, chained to the earth, creatures of clay as frail as the foliage of the woods, you unfortunate race, whose life is but darkness, as unreal as a shadow, the illusion of a dream.
ARISTOPHANES

Darkness Dream Race
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
Do not bandy words with your father, nor treat him as a dotard, nor reproach the old man, who has cherished you, with his age.
ARISTOPHANES

Age Father Happiness Men
To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.
ARISTOPHANES

People Promise Winning
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.
ARISTOPHANES

Character Government Language Nature Need Voice
Your 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.
ARISTOPHANES

Best Death Friendship Lost Road Travel
It is right that the good should be happy, that the wicked and the impious on the other hand, should be miserable; that is a truth, I believe, which no one will gainsay.
ARISTOPHANES

Believe Evil Hands
Poverty, the most fearful monster that ever drew breath.
ARISTOPHANES

Evil Fear Poor
Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.
ARISTOPHANES

Atheist Eye Mouth
The wise learn many things from their enemies.
ARISTOPHANES

Enemy Life Wisdom Wise
Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.
ARISTOPHANES

Ethics Fairness Justice
An ancient tradition declares that every idiot blunder we pass into law will sooner or later redound to Athens’ profit.
ARISTOPHANES

Idiot Law
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.
ARISTOPHANES

Blessing Death Honesty Mad Misery World
Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever.
ARISTOPHANES

Age Education Forever Ignorance Stupidity Youth
What unlooked-for things do happen, to be sure, in a long life!
ARISTOPHANES

Life Long
There’s no art where there’s no fee.
ARISTOPHANES

Art Fee Money

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!

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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!

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