How can I study from below, that which is above?
ARISTOPHANESOne must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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The wise learn many things from their enemies.
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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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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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Wealth–the most excellent of all gods.
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Evil events from evil causes spring.
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You cannot make a crab walk straight.
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Surely you do not believe in the gods. What’s your argument? Where’s your proof?
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Woman is adept at getting money for herself and will not easily let herself be deceived; she understands deceit too well herself.
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A man’s homeland is wherever he prospers.
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Words give wings to the mind and make a man soar to heaven.
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First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.
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Ignorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever.
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Do not take a blind guide.
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Even if you persuade me, you won’t persuade me.
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Let each man exercise the art he knows.
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