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.
ARISTOPHANESA fox is subtlety itself.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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What unlooked-for things do happen, to be sure, in a long life!
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The wise learn many things from their enemies.
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Full of wiles, full of guile, at all times, in all ways, are the children of Men.
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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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The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe.
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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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Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
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To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.
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The gods, my dear simple fellow, are a mere expression coined by vulgar superstition. We frown upon such coinage here.
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A demagogue must be neither an educated nor an honest man; he has to be an ignoramus and a rogue.
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There is no beast, no rush of fire, like woman so untamed. She calmly goes her way where even panthers would be shamed.
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Poverty, the most fearful monster that ever drew breath.
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Mix and knead together all the state business as you do for your sausages. To win the people, always cook them some savory that pleases them.
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A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
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One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.
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