A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country’s good.
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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Poverty, the most fearful monster that ever drew breath.
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Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war.
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Love is merely the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
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There is no honest man! not one, that can resist the attraction of gold!
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A man’s homeland is wherever he prospers.
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A fox is subtlety itself.
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Have you ever, looking up, seen a cloud like to a Centaur, a Part, or a Wolf, or a Bull?
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One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.
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You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.
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An insult directed at the wicked is not to be censured; on the contrary, the honest man, if he has sense, can only applaud.
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To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.
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Women, you overheated dipsomaniacs, never passing up a chance to wangle a drink, a great boon to bartenders but a bane to us–not to mention our crockery and our woolens!
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You cannot make a crab walk straight.
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Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
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An actor should refine public taste.
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