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Have you ever, looking up, seen a cloud like to a Centaur, a Part, or a Wolf, or a Bull?

Aristophanes

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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Egg Food Kissing
A demagogue must be neither an educated nor an honest man; he has to be an ignoramus and a rogue.
ARISTOPHANES

Education Honest Men
Old age is second childhood.
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Age Childhood Old Age One Liner
Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
ARISTOPHANES

Goodness War
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.
ARISTOPHANES

Break Thinking Try
Let each man exercise the art he knows.
ARISTOPHANES

Art Himself Life Strength
A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country’s good.
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Able Country Goodness Men
Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
ARISTOPHANES

Friendship Hunger
Today things are better than yesterday.
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Today Yesterday
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.
ARISTOPHANES

Courses Fortune God Running Wake
Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war.
ARISTOPHANES

Friendship Wall War
The old are in a second childhood.
ARISTOPHANES

Age Childhood Old Age One Liner
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.
ARISTOPHANES

Best Death Friendship Lost Road Travel
First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.
ARISTOPHANES

Friendship Listening
A slave is but half a man.
ARISTOPHANES

Half Man Slavery
High thoughts must have high language.
ARISTOPHANES

Language Thinking

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