Look at the orators in our republics; as long as they are poor, both state and people can only praise their uprightness; but once they are fattened on the public funds, they conceive a hatred for justice, plan intrigues against the people and attack the democracy.
ARISTOPHANESA fox is subtlety itself.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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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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Children have a master to teach them, grown-ups have the poets.
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Open your mind before your mouth.
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First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.
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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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One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.
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The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe.
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Words give wings to the mind and make a man soar to heaven.
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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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Love is merely the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
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There’s no art where there’s no fee.
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Comedy is allied to justice.
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Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
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Surely you do not believe in the gods. What’s your argument? Where’s your proof?
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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.
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