It is right that the good should be happy, that the wicked and the impious on the other hand, should be miserable; that is a truth, I believe, which no one will gainsay.
ARISTOPHANESWeak 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.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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Old age is second childhood.
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Even if you persuade me, you won’t persuade me.
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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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It is bad taste for a poet to be coarse and hairy.
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A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
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Under every stone lurks a politician.
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Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.
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Why, I’d like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
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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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Women, you overheated dipsomaniacs, never passing up a chance to wangle a drink, a great boon to bartenders but a bane to us–not to mention our crockery and our woolens!
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A fox is subtlety itself.
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You cannot make a crab walk straight.
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The old are in a second childhood.
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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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I would treat her like an egg, the shell of which we remove before eating it; I would take off her mask and then kiss her pretty face.
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