Old age is second childhood.
ARISTOPHANESOpen your mind before your mouth.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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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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Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
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No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.
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There is no honest man! not one, that can resist the attraction of gold!
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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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Mix and knead together all the state business as you do for your sausages. To win the people, always cook them some savory that pleases them.
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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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An actor should refine public taste.
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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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A slave is but half a man.
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Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you’ve done.
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I saw a cavalry captain buy vegetable soup on horseback. He carried the whole mess home in his helmet.
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Prayers without wine are perfectly pointless.
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How can I study from below, that which is above?
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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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