It often happens that less depends upon the valor of an army than the skill of the leader.
ARISTOPHANESLook 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.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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Comedy too can sometimes discern what is right. I shall not please, but I shall say what is true.
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The old are in a second childhood.
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No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.
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There is no beast, no rush of fire, like woman so untamed. She calmly goes her way where even panthers would be shamed.
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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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The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe.
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A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country’s good.
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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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One bush, they say, can never hide two thieves.
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A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
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Evil events from evil causes spring.
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Full of wiles, full of guile, at all times, in all ways, are the children of Men.
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It should not prejudice my voice that I’m not born a man, if I say something advantageous to the present situation. For I’m taxed too, and as a toll provide men for the nation.
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There is no honest man! not one, that can resist the attraction of gold!
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One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.
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