A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country’s good.
ARISTOPHANESComedy is allied to justice.
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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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It is bad taste for a poet to be coarse and hairy.
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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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First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.
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How can I study from below, that which is above?
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Ignorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever.
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Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.
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The love of wine is a good man’s failing.
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You cannot make a crab walk straight.
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Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
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A demagogue must be neither an educated nor an honest man; he has to be an ignoramus and a rogue.
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Comedy is allied to justice.
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One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.
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Look 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.
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High thoughts must have high language.
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