The wise learn many things from their enemies.
ARISTOPHANESThere is no beast, no rush of fire, like woman so untamed. She calmly goes her way where even panthers would be shamed.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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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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The love of wine is a good man’s failing.
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How can I study from below, that which is above?
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Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
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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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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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Tis not for us to warn a wilful sinner; We stay him not, but let him run his course, Till by misfortunes rous’d, his conscience wakes, And prompts him to appease th’ offended gods.
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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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Love is merely the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
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Surely you do not believe in the gods. What’s your argument? Where’s your proof?
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If you strike upon a thought that baffles you, break off from that entanglement and try another, so shall your wits be fresh to start again.
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Children have a master to teach them, grown-ups have the poets.
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A man’s homeland is wherever he prospers.
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Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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Wealth–the most excellent of all gods.
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