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It often happens that less depends upon the valor of an army than the skill of the leader.

Aristophanes

An ancient tradition declares that every idiot blunder we pass into law will sooner or later redound to Athens’ profit.
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Idiot Law
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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Chance Drink Women
To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.
ARISTOPHANES

People Promise Winning
Wealth–the most excellent of all gods.
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Excellence God Money Wealth
No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.
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Gains Honesty Men
An insult directed at the wicked is not to be censured; on the contrary, the honest man, if he has sense, can only applaud.
ARISTOPHANES

Honesty Insult Men Praise
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.
ARISTOPHANES

Egg Food Kissing
Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
ARISTOPHANES

Goodness War
How can I study from below, that which is above?
ARISTOPHANES

Deep Philosophy Study
Love is merely the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
ARISTOPHANES

Desire Love Names Philosophy Pursuit
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.
ARISTOPHANES

Break Thinking Try
Ye Children of Man! whose life is a span, Protracted with sorrow from day to day, Naked and featherless, feeble and querulous, Sickly, calamitous creatures of clay!
ARISTOPHANES

Children Humanity Life Men
If a man owes me money, I never seem to forget. But if I do the owing, I somehow never remember.
ARISTOPHANES

Debt Funny Men Money Owing
A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country’s good.
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Able Country Goodness Men
It is bad taste for a poet to be coarse and hairy.
ARISTOPHANES

Coarse Poet Taste
You cannot make a crab walk straight.
ARISTOPHANES

Crabs Habit Walk

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