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.
ARISTOPHANESAh! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
More Aristophanes Quotes
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Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you’ve done.
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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.
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The old are in a second childhood.
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By words the mind is winged.
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Old age is second childhood.
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Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.
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When men drink, then they are rich and successful and win lawsuits and are happy and help their friends. Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.
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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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A demagogue must be neither an educated nor an honest man; he has to be an ignoramus and a rogue.
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What unlooked-for things do happen, to be sure, in a long life!
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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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When men drink wine they are rich, they are busy, they push lawsuits, they are happy, they are friends.
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Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
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It is right that the good should be happy, that the wicked and the impious on the other hand, should be miserable; that is a truth, I believe, which no one will gainsay.
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Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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