The old are in a second childhood.
ARISTOPHANESDo not take a blind guide.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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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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No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.
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To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.
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High thoughts must have high language.
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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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First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.
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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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It often happens that less depends upon the valor of an army than the skill of the leader.
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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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One bush, they say, can never hide two thieves.
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Prayers without wine are perfectly pointless.
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Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
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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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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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Full of wiles, full of guile, at all times, in all ways, are the children of Men.
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There is no honest man! not one, that can resist the attraction of gold!
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You can’t have anything else to say: you’ve poured out every drop of what you know.
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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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A man’s homeland is wherever he prospers.
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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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Surely you do not believe in the gods. What’s your argument? Where’s your proof?
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Under every stone lurks a politician.
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Old age is second childhood.
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Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
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There’s no art where there’s no fee.
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