Love is merely the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
ARISTOPHANESWords give wings to the mind and make a man soar to heaven.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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Surely you do not believe in the gods. What’s your argument? Where’s your proof?
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Poverty, the most fearful monster that ever drew breath.
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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.
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What unlooked-for things do happen, to be sure, in a long life!
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I saw a cavalry captain buy vegetable soup on horseback. He carried the whole mess home in his helmet.
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Why, I’d like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
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An actor should refine public taste.
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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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Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
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It is the compelling power of great thoughts and ideas to engender phrases of equal size.
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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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One bush, they say, can never hide two thieves.
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First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.
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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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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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A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
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Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.
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High thoughts must have high language.
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There’s no art where there’s no fee.
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Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
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Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you’ve done.
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The wise learn many things from their enemies.
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No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.
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To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.
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Have you ever, looking up, seen a cloud like to a Centaur, a Part, or a Wolf, or a Bull?
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Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
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