Evil events from evil causes spring.
ARISTOPHANESMen 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.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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Even if you persuade me, you won’t persuade me.
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High thoughts must have high language.
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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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The love of wine is a good man’s failing.
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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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Comedy is allied to justice.
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The wise learn many things from their enemies.
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Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.
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An ancient tradition declares that every idiot blunder we pass into law will sooner or later redound to Athens’ profit.
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You vote yourselves salaries out of the public funds and care only for your own personal interests; hence the state limps along.
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Do not take a blind guide.
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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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A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
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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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Comedy too can sometimes discern what is right. I shall not please, but I shall say what is true.
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