The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe.
ARISTOPHANESAn actor should refine public taste.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
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To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.
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You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.
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Old age is second childhood.
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The wise learn many things from their enemies.
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There is no honest man! not one, that can resist the attraction of gold!
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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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Love is merely the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
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Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
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Weak mortals, chained to the earth, creatures of clay as frail as the foliage of the woods, you unfortunate race, whose life is but darkness, as unreal as a shadow, the illusion of a dream.
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Woman is adept at getting money for herself and will not easily let herself be deceived; she understands deceit too well herself.
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Why, I’d like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
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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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One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.
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To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.
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