Have you ever, looking up, seen a cloud like to a Centaur, a Part, or a Wolf, or a Bull?
ARISTOPHANESThe wise learn many things from their enemies.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.
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Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
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Today things are better than yesterday.
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A fox is subtlety itself.
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You cannot make a crab walk straight.
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Let each man exercise the art he knows.
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One bush, they say, can never hide two thieves.
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How can I study from below, that which is above?
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Surely you do not believe in the gods. What’s your argument? Where’s your proof?
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Look at the orators in our republics; as long as they are poor, both state and people can only praise their uprightness; but once they are fattened on the public funds, they conceive a hatred for justice, plan intrigues against the people and attack the democracy.
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An ancient tradition declares that every idiot blunder we pass into law will sooner or later redound to Athens’ profit.
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Open your mind before your mouth.
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An actor should refine public taste.
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Why, I’d like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
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To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.
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