Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you’ve done.
ARISTOPHANESEvil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you’ve done.
ARISTOPHANESTimes change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
ARISTOPHANESThou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.
ARISTOPHANESCharacteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
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.
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.
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.
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.
ARISTOPHANESMen of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war.
ARISTOPHANESLet each man exercise the art he knows.
ARISTOPHANESA slave is but half a man.
ARISTOPHANESA fox is subtlety itself.
ARISTOPHANESLook at the orators in our republics; as long as they are poor, both state and people can only praise their uprightness; but once they are fattened on the public funds, they conceive a hatred for justice, plan intrigues against the people and attack the democracy.
ARISTOPHANESYou can’t have anything else to say: you’ve poured out every drop of what you know.
ARISTOPHANESHunger knows no friend but its feeder.
ARISTOPHANESWealth–the most excellent of all gods.
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