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.
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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How can I study from below, that which is above?
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The wise learn many things from their enemies.
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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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A fox is subtlety itself.
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A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country’s good.
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Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.
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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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It is the compelling power of great thoughts and ideas to engender phrases of equal size.
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Children have a master to teach them, grown-ups have the poets.
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To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.
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If 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.
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To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.
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One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.
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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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