Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
ARISTOPHANESMix 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.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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By words the mind is winged.
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Wealth–the most excellent of all gods.
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Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.
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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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Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.
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It is bad taste for a poet to be coarse and hairy.
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What unlooked-for things do happen, to be sure, in a long life!
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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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There’s no art where there’s no fee.
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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 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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First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.
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There is no honest man! not one, that can resist the attraction of gold!
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Today things are better than yesterday.
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