Weak mortals, chained to the earth, creatures of clay as frail as the foliage of the woods, you unfortunate race, whose life is but darkness, as unreal as a shadow, the illusion of a dream.
ARISTOPHANESA man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country’s good.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
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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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Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
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Comedy too can sometimes discern what is right. I shall not please, but I shall say what is true.
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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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Ignorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever.
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Words give wings to the mind and make a man soar to heaven.
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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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Under every stone lurks a politician.
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Why, I’d like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
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By words the mind is winged.
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Do not bandy words with your father, nor treat him as a dotard, nor reproach the old man, who has cherished you, with his age.
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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.
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The old are in a second childhood.
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Children have a master to teach them, grown-ups have the poets.
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