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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.

Aristophanes

To invoke solely the weaker arguments and yet triumph is an art worth more than a hundred thousand drachmae.
ARISTOPHANES

Argument Art Success
Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
ARISTOPHANES

Friendship Hunger
A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country’s good.
ARISTOPHANES

Able Country Goodness Men
A fox is subtlety itself.
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Animal Foxes
Women, you overheated dipsomaniacs, never passing up a chance to wangle a drink, a great boon to bartenders but a bane to us–not to mention our crockery and our woolens!
ARISTOPHANES

Chance Drink Women
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.
ARISTOPHANES

Believe Evil Hands
An actor should refine public taste.
ARISTOPHANES

Actors Taste
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.
ARISTOPHANES

Egg Food Kissing
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
To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.
ARISTOPHANES

Climbing Lie Necessary Success
Today things are better than yesterday.
ARISTOPHANES

Today Yesterday
You cannot make a crab walk straight.
ARISTOPHANES

Crabs Habit Walk
I saw a cavalry captain buy vegetable soup on horseback. He carried the whole mess home in his helmet.
ARISTOPHANES

Food Home Myself Vegetables
Under every stone lurks a politician.
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Hide Politics Witty
Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war.
ARISTOPHANES

Friendship Wall War
Poverty, the most fearful monster that ever drew breath.
ARISTOPHANES

Evil Fear Poor

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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