Love is merely the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
ARISTOPHANESPoverty, the most fearful monster that ever drew breath.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you’ve done.
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You cannot make a crab walk straight.
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It is bad taste for a poet to be coarse and hairy.
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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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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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A demagogue must be neither an educated nor an honest man; he has to be an ignoramus and a rogue.
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A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country’s good.
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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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Evil events from evil causes spring.
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Let each man exercise the art he knows.
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If a man owes me money, I never seem to forget. But if I do the owing, I somehow never remember.
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The love of wine is a good man’s failing.
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To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.
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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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