A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
ARISTOPHANESEven if you persuade me, you won’t persuade me.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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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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Words give wings to the mind and make a man soar to heaven.
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Ignorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever.
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There’s no art where there’s no fee.
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Prayers without wine are perfectly pointless.
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High thoughts must have high language.
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To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.
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A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country’s good.
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Under every stone lurks a politician.
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Today things are better than yesterday.
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The gods, my dear simple fellow, are a mere expression coined by vulgar superstition. We frown upon such coinage here.
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How can I study from below, that which is above?
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It is the compelling power of great thoughts and ideas to engender phrases of equal size.
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You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.
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The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe.
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