Prayers without wine are perfectly pointless.
ARISTOPHANESNo man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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The love of wine is a good man’s failing.
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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.
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Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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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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Surely you do not believe in the gods. What’s your argument? Where’s your proof?
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You vote yourselves salaries out of the public funds and care only for your own personal interests; hence the state limps along.
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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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Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
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You cannot make a crab walk straight.
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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.
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No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.
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When men drink wine they are rich, they are busy, they push lawsuits, they are happy, they are friends.
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Do not take a blind guide.
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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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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.
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