An insult directed at the wicked is not to be censured; on the contrary, the honest man, if he has sense, can only applaud.
ARISTOPHANESThis is what extremely grieves us, that a man who never fought Should contrive our fees to pilfer, on who for his native land Never to this day had oar, or lance, or blister in his hand.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.
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If a man owes me money, I never seem to forget. But if I do the owing, I somehow never remember.
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The love of wine is a good man’s failing.
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Ye Children of Man! whose life is a span, Protracted with sorrow from day to day, Naked and featherless, feeble and querulous, Sickly, calamitous creatures of clay!
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It is the compelling power of great thoughts and ideas to engender phrases of equal size.
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When men drink wine they are rich, they are busy, they push lawsuits, they are happy, they are friends.
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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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You cannot make a crab walk straight.
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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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Children have a master to teach them, grown-ups have the poets.
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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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You possess all the attributes of a demagogue; a screeching, horrible voice, a perverse, crossgrained nature and the language of the market-place. In you all is united which is needful for governing.
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Tis not for us to warn a wilful sinner; We stay him not, but let him run his course, Till by misfortunes rous’d, his conscience wakes, And prompts him to appease th’ offended gods.
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Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
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Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
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