The gods, my dear simple fellow, are a mere expression coined by vulgar superstition. We frown upon such coinage here.
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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Do not bandy words with your father, nor treat him as a dotard, nor reproach the old man, who has cherished you, with his age.
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Surely you do not believe in the gods. What’s your argument? Where’s your proof?
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Ignorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever.
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No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.
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Do not take a blind guide.
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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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Under every stone lurks a politician.
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You can’t have anything else to say: you’ve poured out every drop of what you know.
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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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Look 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.
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You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.
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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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When men drink, then they are rich and successful and win lawsuits and are happy and help their friends. Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.
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Children have a master to teach them, grown-ups have the poets.
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An actor should refine public taste.
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