Have you ever, looking up, seen a cloud like to a Centaur, a Part, or a Wolf, or a Bull?
ARISTOPHANESOne bush, they say, can never hide two thieves.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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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.
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You can’t have anything else to say: you’ve poured out every drop of what you know.
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Under every stone lurks a politician.
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Mix 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.
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You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.
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It often happens that less depends upon the valor of an army than the skill of the leader.
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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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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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There is no beast, no rush of fire, like woman so untamed. She calmly goes her way where even panthers would be shamed.
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Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
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Ignorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever.
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Love is merely the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
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A slave is but half a man.
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Let each man exercise the art he knows.
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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.
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