Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
ARISTOPHANESAh! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
More Aristophanes Quotes
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Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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To invoke solely the weaker arguments and yet triumph is an art worth more than a hundred thousand drachmae.
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There is no honest man! not one, that can resist the attraction of gold!
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To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.
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Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
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Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
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Surely you do not believe in the gods. What’s your argument? Where’s your proof?
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Evil events from evil causes spring.
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No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.
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Comedy is allied to justice.
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Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you’ve done.
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One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.
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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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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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First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.
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