A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
ARISTOPHANESIf a man owes me money, I never seem to forget. But if I do the owing, I somehow never remember.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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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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Today things are better than yesterday.
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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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Poverty, the most fearful monster that ever drew breath.
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First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.
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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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The wise learn many things from their enemies.
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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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Open your mind before your mouth.
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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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An actor should refine public taste.
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Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you’ve done.
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Comedy is allied to justice.
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I saw a cavalry captain buy vegetable soup on horseback. He carried the whole mess home in his helmet.
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