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.
ARISTOPHANESWhen men drink wine they are rich, they are busy, they push lawsuits, they are happy, they are friends.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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Under every stone lurks a politician.
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Woman is adept at getting money for herself and will not easily let herself be deceived; she understands deceit too well herself.
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By words the mind is winged.
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There’s no art where there’s no fee.
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Wealth–the most excellent of all gods.
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Weak mortals, chained to the earth, creatures of clay as frail as the foliage of the woods, you unfortunate race, whose life is but darkness, as unreal as a shadow, the illusion of a dream.
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There is no honest man! not one, that can resist the attraction of gold!
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What unlooked-for things do happen, to be sure, in a long life!
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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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It often happens that less depends upon the valor of an army than the skill of the leader.
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It is the compelling power of great thoughts and ideas to engender phrases of equal size.
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How can I study from below, that which is above?
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Even if you persuade me, you won’t persuade me.
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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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Open your mind before your mouth.
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