When men drink wine they are rich, they are busy, they push lawsuits, they are happy, they are friends.
ARISTOPHANESLet each man exercise the art he knows.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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I saw a cavalry captain buy vegetable soup on horseback. He carried the whole mess home in his helmet.
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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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Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war.
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Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon that road which you must travel in the steps they trod.
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Today things are better than yesterday.
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The love of wine is a good man’s failing.
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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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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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One bush, they say, can never hide two thieves.
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Poverty, the most fearful monster that ever drew breath.
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Even if you persuade me, you won’t persuade me.
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Tis not for us to warn a wilful sinner; We stay him not, but let him run his course, Till by misfortunes rous’d, his conscience wakes, And prompts him to appease th’ offended gods.
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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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Why, I’d like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
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The old are in a second childhood.
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High thoughts must have high language.
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You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.
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It is bad taste for a poet to be coarse and hairy.
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The wise learn many things from their enemies.
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Evil events from evil causes spring.
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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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Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
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Children have a master to teach them, grown-ups have the poets.
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An insult directed at the wicked is not to be censured; on the contrary, the honest man, if he has sense, can only applaud.
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Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
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