Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.
ARISTOPHANESAh! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
More Aristophanes Quotes
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It should not prejudice my voice that I’m not born a man, if I say something advantageous to the present situation. For I’m taxed too, and as a toll provide men for the nation.
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Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.
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It is the compelling power of great thoughts and ideas to engender phrases of equal size.
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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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Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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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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Children have a master to teach them, grown-ups have the poets.
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These impossible women! How they do get around us! The poet was right: can’t live with them, or without them!
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A slave is but half a man.
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There’s no art where there’s no fee.
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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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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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Prayers without wine are perfectly pointless.
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Words give wings to the mind and make a man soar to heaven.
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Do not take a blind guide.
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