To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.
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 bush, they say, can never hide two thieves.
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Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.
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A fox is subtlety itself.
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It is right that the good should be happy, that the wicked and the impious on the other hand, should be miserable; that is a truth, I believe, which no one will gainsay.
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Ignorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever.
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You cannot make a crab walk straight.
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Words give wings to the mind and make a man soar to heaven.
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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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Weak mortals, chained to the earth, creatures of clay as frail as the foliage of the woods, you unfortunate race, whose life is but darkness, as unreal as a shadow, the illusion of a dream.
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Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever.
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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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By words the mind is winged.
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There’s no art where there’s no fee.
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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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Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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