No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.
ARISTOPHANESChildren have a master to teach them, grown-ups have the poets.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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It is the compelling power of great thoughts and ideas to engender phrases of equal size.
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How can I study from below, that which is above?
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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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Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you’ve done.
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Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.
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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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There is no honest man! not one, that can resist the attraction of gold!
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A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
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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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The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe.
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You cannot make a crab walk straight.
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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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Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
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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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Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
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