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.
ARISTOPHANESWhy, I’d like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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Wealth–the most excellent of all gods.
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An insult directed at the wicked is not to be censured; on the contrary, the honest man, if he has sense, can only applaud.
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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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The wise learn many things from their enemies.
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Tis not for us to warn a wilful sinner; We stay him not, but let him run his course, Till by misfortunes rous’d, his conscience wakes, And prompts him to appease th’ offended gods.
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It is bad taste for a poet to be coarse and hairy.
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It is the compelling power of great thoughts and ideas to engender phrases of equal size.
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No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.
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An actor should refine public taste.
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To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.
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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!
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Full of wiles, full of guile, at all times, in all ways, are the children of Men.
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Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
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There’s no art where there’s no fee.
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Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you’ve done.
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