Love is merely the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
ARISTOPHANESSurely you do not believe in the gods. What’s your argument? Where’s your proof?
More Aristophanes Quotes
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To invoke solely the weaker arguments and yet triumph is an art worth more than a hundred thousand drachmae.
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First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.
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Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.
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Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you’ve done.
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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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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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By words the mind is winged.
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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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One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.
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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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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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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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It often happens that less depends upon the valor of an army than the skill of the leader.
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There is no beast, no rush of fire, like woman so untamed. She calmly goes her way where even panthers would be shamed.
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To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.
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