Old age is second childhood.
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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It often happens that less depends upon the valor of an army than the skill of the leader.
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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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High thoughts must have high language.
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Words give wings to the mind and make a man soar to heaven.
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Do not take a blind guide.
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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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Love is merely the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
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Comedy is allied to justice.
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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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How can I study from below, that which is above?
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It is right that the good should be happy, that the wicked and the impious on the other hand, should be miserable; that is a truth, I believe, which no one will gainsay.
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If a man owes me money, I never seem to forget. But if I do the owing, I somehow never remember.
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Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
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Even if you persuade me, you won’t persuade me.
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Today things are better than yesterday.
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