You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.
ARISTOPHANESEvil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you’ve done.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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Why, I’d like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
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It should not prejudice my voice that I’m not born a man, if I say something advantageous to the present situation. For I’m taxed too, and as a toll provide men for the nation.
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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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Open your mind before your mouth.
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These impossible women! How they do get around us! The poet was right: can’t live with them, or without them!
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Even if you persuade me, you won’t persuade me.
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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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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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If you strike upon a thought that baffles you, break off from that entanglement and try another, so shall your wits be fresh to start again.
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To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.
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Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.
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A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
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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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To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.
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There is no honest man! not one, that can resist the attraction of gold!
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An actor should refine public taste.
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Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
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Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.
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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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Full of wiles, full of guile, at all times, in all ways, are the children of Men.
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How can I study from below, that which is above?
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Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
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You cannot make a crab walk straight.
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The gods, my dear simple fellow, are a mere expression coined by vulgar superstition. We frown upon such coinage here.
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The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe.
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Comedy is allied to justice.
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