Under every stone lurks a politician.
ARISTOPHANESWhy, I’d like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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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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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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When men drink wine they are rich, they are busy, they push lawsuits, they are happy, they are friends.
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Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you’ve done.
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Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.
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Look at the orators in our republics; as long as they are poor, both state and people can only praise their uprightness; but once they are fattened on the public funds, they conceive a hatred for justice, plan intrigues against the people and attack the democracy.
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An ancient tradition declares that every idiot blunder we pass into law will sooner or later redound to Athens’ profit.
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It is bad taste for a poet to be coarse and hairy.
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Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
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One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.
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What unlooked-for things do happen, to be sure, in a long life!
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You vote yourselves salaries out of the public funds and care only for your own personal interests; hence the state limps along.
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Today things are better than yesterday.
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The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe.
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Let each man exercise the art he knows.
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