How can I study from below, that which is above?
ARISTOPHANESA fox is subtlety itself.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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Do not take a blind guide.
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A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country’s good.
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An insult directed at the wicked is not to be censured; on the contrary, the honest man, if he has sense, can only applaud.
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The love of wine is a good man’s failing.
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Comedy too can sometimes discern what is right. I shall not please, but I shall say what is true.
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Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.
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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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I saw a cavalry captain buy vegetable soup on horseback. He carried the whole mess home in his helmet.
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First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.
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Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
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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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Children have a master to teach them, grown-ups have the poets.
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Why, I’d like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
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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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