A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country’s good.
ARISTOPHANESThe gods, my dear simple fellow, are a mere expression coined by vulgar superstition. We frown upon such coinage here.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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Prayers without wine are perfectly pointless.
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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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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 possess all the attributes of a demagogue; a screeching, horrible voice, a perverse, crossgrained nature and the language of the market-place. In you all is united which is needful for governing.
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Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon that road which you must travel in the steps they trod.
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Words give wings to the mind and make a man soar to heaven.
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Under every stone lurks a politician.
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You cannot make a crab walk straight.
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The old are in a second childhood.
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By words the mind is winged.
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To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.
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One bush, they say, can never hide two thieves.
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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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It is the compelling power of great thoughts and ideas to engender phrases of equal size.
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Why, I’d like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
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