An insult directed at the wicked is not to be censured; on the contrary, the honest man, if he has sense, can only applaud.
ARISTOPHANESThere’s no art where there’s no fee.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country’s good.
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A demagogue must be neither an educated nor an honest man; he has to be an ignoramus and a rogue.
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Children have a master to teach them, grown-ups have the poets.
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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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Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
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You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.
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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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Poverty, the most fearful monster that ever drew breath.
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Comedy is allied to justice.
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It is bad taste for a poet to be coarse and hairy.
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By words the mind is winged.
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You cannot make a crab walk straight.
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Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.
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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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To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.
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