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.
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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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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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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Why, I’d like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
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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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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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Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
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A slave is but half a man.
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Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
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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.
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Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.
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Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.
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An actor should refine public taste.
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You cannot make a crab walk straight.
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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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