Evil events from evil causes spring.
ARISTOPHANESFirst listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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Why, I’d like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
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There is no honest man! not one, that can resist the attraction of gold!
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There is no beast, no rush of fire, like woman so untamed. She calmly goes her way where even panthers would be shamed.
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Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
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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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Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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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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It should not prejudice my voice that I’m not born a man, if I say something advantageous to the present situation. For I’m taxed too, and as a toll provide men for the nation.
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Poverty, the most fearful monster that ever drew breath.
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I saw a cavalry captain buy vegetable soup on horseback. He carried the whole mess home in his helmet.
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No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.
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Under every stone lurks a politician.
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One bush, they say, can never hide two thieves.
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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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The old are in a second childhood.
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