black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

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

Aristophanes

To invoke solely the weaker arguments and yet triumph is an art worth more than a hundred thousand drachmae.
ARISTOPHANES

Argument Art Success
No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.
ARISTOPHANES

Gains Honesty Men
A slave is but half a man.
ARISTOPHANES

Half Man Slavery
Prayers without wine are perfectly pointless.
ARISTOPHANES

Pointless Prayer Religious Wine
Words give wings to the mind and make a man soar to heaven.
ARISTOPHANES

Men Mindset Wings
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.
ARISTOPHANES

Born Feminism Men Myself Nation Voice
You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.
ARISTOPHANES

Animal Teaching Walk Yourself
It is right that the good should be happy, that the wicked and the impious on the other hand, should be miserable; that is a truth, I believe, which no one will gainsay.
ARISTOPHANES

Believe Evil Hands
Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
ARISTOPHANES

Leadership Life People Wisdom Wise
I saw a cavalry captain buy vegetable soup on horseback. He carried the whole mess home in his helmet.
ARISTOPHANES

Food Home Myself Vegetables
One bush, they say, can never hide two thieves.
ARISTOPHANES

Hide One Liner Theft Thieves
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.
ARISTOPHANES

Friendship Wall War
Today things are better than yesterday.
ARISTOPHANES

Today Yesterday
To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.
ARISTOPHANES

Climbing Lie Necessary Success
Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you’ve done.
ARISTOPHANES

Evil Spring Suffering Yourself
First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.
ARISTOPHANES

Friendship Listening

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

Related Topics

Popular Authors

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

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Aristophanes Quotes