Wealth–the most excellent of all gods.
ARISTOPHANESA slave is but half a man.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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A fox is subtlety itself.
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A demagogue must be neither an educated nor an honest man; he has to be an ignoramus and a rogue.
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Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
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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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A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country’s good.
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Poverty, the most fearful monster that ever drew breath.
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You cannot make a crab 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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There is no honest man! not one, that can resist the attraction of gold!
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To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.
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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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Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you’ve done.
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There’s no art where there’s no fee.
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To invoke solely the weaker arguments and yet triumph is an art worth more than a hundred thousand drachmae.
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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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Do not take a blind guide.
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How can I study from below, that which is above?
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One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.
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Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
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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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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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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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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 the compelling power of great thoughts and ideas to engender phrases of equal size.
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You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.
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Prayers without wine are perfectly pointless.
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