Comedy is allied to justice.
ARISTOPHANESWords give wings to the mind and make a man soar to heaven.
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Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.
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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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You can’t have anything else to say: you’ve poured out every drop of what you know.
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The old are in a second childhood.
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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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Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
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Ignorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever.
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How can I study from below, that which is above?
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This is what extremely grieves us, that a man who never fought Should contrive our fees to pilfer, on who for his native land Never to this day had oar, or lance, or blister in his hand.
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One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.
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A fox is subtlety itself.
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An actor should refine public taste.
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Love is merely the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
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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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The wise learn many things from their enemies.
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