First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.
ARISTOPHANESIt is bad taste for a poet to be coarse and hairy.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country’s good.
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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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It should not prejudice my voice that I’m not born a man, if I say something advantageous to the present situation. For I’m taxed too, and as a toll provide men for the nation.
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Poverty, the most fearful monster that ever drew breath.
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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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Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.
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Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
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Women, you overheated dipsomaniacs, never passing up a chance to wangle a drink, a great boon to bartenders but a bane to us–not to mention our crockery and our woolens!
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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 cannot make a crab walk straight.
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Surely you do not believe in the gods. What’s your argument? Where’s your proof?
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Old age is second childhood.
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Children have a master to teach them, grown-ups have the poets.
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These impossible women! How they do get around us! The poet was right: can’t live with them, or without them!
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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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