I saw a cavalry captain buy vegetable soup on horseback. He carried the whole mess home in his helmet.
ARISTOPHANESOpen your mind before your mouth.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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I would treat her like an egg, the shell of which we remove before eating it; I would take off her mask and then kiss her pretty face.
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Let each man exercise the art he knows.
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Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
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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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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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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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Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
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Prayers without wine are perfectly pointless.
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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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One bush, they say, can never hide two thieves.
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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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Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.
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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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Under every stone lurks a politician.
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Today things are better than yesterday.
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