Women, you overheated dipsomaniacs, never passing up a chance to wangle a drink, a great boon to bartenders but a bane to us–not to mention our crockery and our woolens!
ARISTOPHANESYou cannot make a crab walk straight.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.
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Surely you do not believe in the gods. What’s your argument? Where’s your proof?
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Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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It is bad taste for a poet to be coarse and hairy.
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Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
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Comedy is allied to justice.
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The wise learn many things from their enemies.
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Open your mind before your mouth.
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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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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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A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
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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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How can I study from below, that which is above?
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A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country’s good.
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One bush, they say, can never hide two thieves.
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