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You possess all the attributes of a demagogue; a screeching, horrible voice, a perverse, crossgrained nature and the language of the market-place. In you all is united which is needful for governing.

Aristophanes

Open your mind before your mouth.
ARISTOPHANES

Mind Mouths Yourself
An insult directed at the wicked is not to be censured; on the contrary, the honest man, if he has sense, can only applaud.
ARISTOPHANES

Honesty Insult Men Praise
There’s no art where there’s no fee.
ARISTOPHANES

Art Fee Money
One bush, they say, can never hide two thieves.
ARISTOPHANES

Hide One Liner Theft Thieves
A slave is but half a man.
ARISTOPHANES

Half Man Slavery
You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.
ARISTOPHANES

Animal Teaching Walk Yourself
These impossible women! How they do get around us! The poet was right: can’t live with them, or without them!
ARISTOPHANES

Impossible Live Poet Right Woman
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.
ARISTOPHANES

Alcohol Clever Friendship Rich Successful Wine
Children have a master to teach them, grown-ups have the poets.
ARISTOPHANES

Children Learning Poet
Poverty, the most fearful monster that ever drew breath.
ARISTOPHANES

Evil Fear Poor
First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.
ARISTOPHANES

Friendship Listening
Why, I’d like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
ARISTOPHANES

Achievement Adventure Journey Travel
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.
ARISTOPHANES

Age Father Happiness Men
If a man owes me money, I never seem to forget. But if I do the owing, I somehow never remember.
ARISTOPHANES

Debt Funny Men Money Owing
The old are in a second childhood.
ARISTOPHANES

Age Childhood Old Age One Liner
Comedy is allied to justice.
ARISTOPHANES

Comedy Justice Lying

You possess all the attributes of a demagogue; a screeching, horrible voice, a perverse, crossgrained nature and the language of the market-place. In you all is united which is needful for governing.

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You possess all the attributes of a demagogue; a screeching, horrible voice, a perverse, crossgrained nature and the language of the market-place. In you all is united which is needful for governing.

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