Comedy too can sometimes discern what is right. I shall not please, but I shall say what is true.
ARISTOPHANESEven if you persuade me, you won’t persuade me.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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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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Do not take a blind guide.
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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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When men drink wine they are rich, they are busy, they push lawsuits, they are happy, they are friends.
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Do not bandy words with your father, nor treat him as a dotard, nor reproach the old man, who has cherished you, with his age.
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Even if you persuade me, you won’t persuade me.
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How can I study from below, that which is above?
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Full of wiles, full of guile, at all times, in all ways, are the children of Men.
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This is what extremely grieves us, that a man who never fought Should contrive our fees to pilfer, on who for his native land Never to this day had oar, or lance, or blister in his hand.
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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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Mix and knead together all the state business as you do for your sausages. To win the people, always cook them some savory that pleases them.
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Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
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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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Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you’ve done.
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Open your mind before your mouth.
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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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Today things are better than yesterday.
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It often happens that less depends upon the valor of an army than the skill of the leader.
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Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
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A slave is but half a man.
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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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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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Why, I’d like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
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Men 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.
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No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.
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Ignorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever.
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