Surely you do not believe in the gods. What’s your argument? Where’s your proof?
ARISTOPHANESSurely you do not believe in the gods. What’s your argument? Where’s your proof?
ARISTOPHANESThis 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.
ARISTOPHANESIf 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.
ARISTOPHANESAn insult directed at the wicked is not to be censured; on the contrary, the honest man, if he has sense, can only applaud.
ARISTOPHANESIgnorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever.
ARISTOPHANESI 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.
ARISTOPHANESWomen, 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!
ARISTOPHANESA man’s homeland is wherever he prospers.
ARISTOPHANESA man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country’s good.
ARISTOPHANESHigh thoughts must have high language.
ARISTOPHANESTo invoke solely the weaker arguments and yet triumph is an art worth more than a hundred thousand drachmae.
ARISTOPHANESEven if you persuade me, you won’t persuade me.
ARISTOPHANESChildren have a master to teach them, grown-ups have the poets.
ARISTOPHANESThe old are in a second childhood.
ARISTOPHANESComedy is allied to justice.
ARISTOPHANESHunger knows no friend but its feeder.
ARISTOPHANES