One bush, they say, can never hide two thieves.
ARISTOPHANESYou can’t have anything else to say: you’ve poured out every drop of what you know.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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Today things are better than yesterday.
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A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
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Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.
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How can I study from below, that which is above?
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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.
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Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
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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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To invoke solely the weaker arguments and yet triumph is an art worth more than a hundred thousand drachmae.
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To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.
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Wealth–the most excellent of all gods.
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No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.
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What unlooked-for things do happen, to be sure, in a long life!
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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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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.
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The old are in a second childhood.
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