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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!

Aristophanes

Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.
ARISTOPHANES

Ethics Fairness Justice
The old are in a second childhood.
ARISTOPHANES

Age Childhood Old Age One Liner
You vote yourselves salaries out of the public funds and care only for your own personal interests; hence the state limps along.
ARISTOPHANES

Care Salary Vote Yourself
Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
ARISTOPHANES

Age Change Time Today Vices
You possess all the attributes of a demagogue; a screeching, horrible voice, a perverse, crossgrained nature and the language of the market-place. In you all is united which is needful for governing.
ARISTOPHANES

Character Government Language Nature Need Voice
Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.
ARISTOPHANES

Clever Mindset Wine
To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.
ARISTOPHANES

People Promise Winning
Woman is adept at getting money for herself and will not easily let herself be deceived; she understands deceit too well herself.
ARISTOPHANES

Deceit Deceived Money
The gods, my dear simple fellow, are a mere expression coined by vulgar superstition. We frown upon such coinage here.
ARISTOPHANES

Expression God Simplicity
Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever.
ARISTOPHANES

Age Education Forever Ignorance Stupidity Youth
High thoughts must have high language.
ARISTOPHANES

Language Thinking
The wise learn many things from their enemies.
ARISTOPHANES

Enemy Life Wisdom Wise
First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.
ARISTOPHANES

Friendship Listening
There’s no art where there’s no fee.
ARISTOPHANES

Art Fee Money
Under every stone lurks a politician.
ARISTOPHANES

Hide Politics Witty
Full of wiles, full of guile, at all times, in all ways, are the children of Men.
ARISTOPHANES

Children Man Time

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