You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.
ARISTOPHANESWise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
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A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country’s good.
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This 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.
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A slave is but half a man.
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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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High thoughts must have high language.
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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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Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever.
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Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.
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The love of wine is a good man’s failing.
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Comedy is allied to justice.
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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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Evil events from evil causes spring.
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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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You can’t have anything else to say: you’ve poured out every drop of what you know.
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