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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.

Aristophanes

You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.
ARISTOPHANES

Animal Teaching Walk Yourself
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.
ARISTOPHANES

People Together Winning
Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.
ARISTOPHANES

Ethics Fairness Justice
There’s no art where there’s no fee.
ARISTOPHANES

Art Fee Money
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
Woman is adept at getting money for herself and will not easily let herself be deceived; she understands deceit too well herself.
ARISTOPHANES

Deceit Deceived Money
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.
ARISTOPHANES

Blessing Death Honesty Mad Misery World
By words the mind is winged.
ARISTOPHANES

Mindset Wings Word
A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country’s good.
ARISTOPHANES

Able Country Goodness Men
One bush, they say, can never hide two thieves.
ARISTOPHANES

Hide One Liner Theft Thieves
Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.
ARISTOPHANES

Atheist Eye Mouth
It is bad taste for a poet to be coarse and hairy.
ARISTOPHANES

Coarse Poet Taste
Have you ever, looking up, seen a cloud like to a Centaur, a Part, or a Wolf, or a Bull?
ARISTOPHANES

Animal Clouds Nature
You cannot make a crab walk straight.
ARISTOPHANES

Crabs Habit Walk
Let each man exercise the art he knows.
ARISTOPHANES

Art Himself Life Strength
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.
ARISTOPHANES

Age Father Happiness Men

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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