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The old are in a second childhood.

Aristophanes

Open your mind before your mouth.
ARISTOPHANES

Mind Mouths Yourself
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
To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.
ARISTOPHANES

Climbing Lie Necessary Success
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
A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
ARISTOPHANES

Enemy Inspirational Learning Man Wisdom
It often happens that less depends upon the valor of an army than the skill of the leader.
ARISTOPHANES

Army Leadership Skill
A demagogue must be neither an educated nor an honest man; he has to be an ignoramus and a rogue.
ARISTOPHANES

Education Honest Men
Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
ARISTOPHANES

Goodness War
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
High thoughts must have high language.
ARISTOPHANES

Language Thinking
No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.
ARISTOPHANES

Gains Honesty Men
It is the compelling power of great thoughts and ideas to engender phrases of equal size.
ARISTOPHANES

Ideas Phrases Power Size
Woman is adept at getting money for herself and will not easily let herself be deceived; she understands deceit too well herself.
ARISTOPHANES

Deceit Deceived Money
Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever.
ARISTOPHANES

Age Education Forever Ignorance Stupidity Youth
I would treat her like an egg, the shell of which we remove before eating it; I would take off her mask and then kiss her pretty face.
ARISTOPHANES

Egg Food Kissing
One bush, they say, can never hide two thieves.
ARISTOPHANES

Hide One Liner Theft Thieves

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