When men drink wine they are rich, they are busy, they push lawsuits, they are happy, they are friends.
ARISTOPHANESThou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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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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An actor should refine public taste.
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A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country’s good.
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It is the compelling power of great thoughts and ideas to engender phrases of equal size.
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You cannot make a crab 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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Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
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Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever.
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Evil events from evil causes spring.
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Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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There’s no art where there’s no fee.
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Wealth–the most excellent of all gods.
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A man’s homeland is wherever he prospers.
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Why, I’d like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
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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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