Weak mortals, chained to the earth, creatures of clay as frail as the foliage of the woods, you unfortunate race, whose life is but darkness, as unreal as a shadow, the illusion of a dream.
ARISTOPHANESIgnorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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Love is merely the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
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Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
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Do not bandy words with your father, nor treat him as a dotard, nor reproach the old man, who has cherished you, with his age.
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Words give wings to the mind and make a man soar to heaven.
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You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.
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Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever.
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High thoughts must have high language.
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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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A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
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Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon that road which you must travel in the steps they trod.
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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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I saw a cavalry captain buy vegetable soup on horseback. He carried the whole mess home in his helmet.
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Mix and knead together all the state business as you do for your sausages. To win the people, always cook them some savory that pleases them.
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Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
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Today things are better than yesterday.
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