Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.
ARISTOPHANESI 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.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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Poverty, the most fearful monster that ever drew breath.
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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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To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.
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You cannot make a crab walk straight.
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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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To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.
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There is no honest man! not one, that can resist the attraction of gold!
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One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.
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You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.
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The old are in a second childhood.
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First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.
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Today things are better than yesterday.
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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.
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Open your mind before your mouth.
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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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