High thoughts must have high language.
ARISTOPHANESIf 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.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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A slave is but half a man.
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Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you’ve done.
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Today things are better than yesterday.
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A fox is subtlety itself.
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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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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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When men drink, then they are rich and successful and win lawsuits and are happy and help their friends. Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.
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Have you ever, looking up, seen a cloud like to a Centaur, a Part, or a Wolf, or a Bull?
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By words the mind is winged.
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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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One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.
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To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.
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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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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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