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.
ARISTOPHANESYou cannot teach a crab to walk straight.
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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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.
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First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.
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These impossible women! How they do get around us! The poet was right: can’t live with them, or without them!
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An actor should refine public taste.
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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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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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You cannot make a crab walk straight.
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Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.
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What unlooked-for things do happen, to be sure, in a long life!
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Surely you do not believe in the gods. What’s your argument? Where’s your proof?
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Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.
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A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country’s good.
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Comedy is allied to justice.
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Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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