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.
ARISTOPHANESWhen 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.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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How can I study from below, that which is above?
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Open your mind before your mouth.
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Prayers without wine are perfectly pointless.
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Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon that road which you must travel in the steps they trod.
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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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Surely you do not believe in the gods. What’s your argument? Where’s your proof?
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I saw a cavalry captain buy vegetable soup on horseback. He carried the whole mess home in his helmet.
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Under every stone lurks a politician.
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There’s no art where there’s no fee.
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You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.
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First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.
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Let each man exercise the art he knows.
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The wise learn many things from their enemies.
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You cannot make a crab walk straight.
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Why, I’d like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
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