Children have a master to teach them, grown-ups have the poets.
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Wealth–the most excellent of all gods.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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Children have a master to teach them, grown-ups have the poets.
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Have you ever, looking up, seen a cloud like to a Centaur, a Part, or a Wolf, or a Bull?
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Tis not for us to warn a wilful sinner; We stay him not, but let him run his course, Till by misfortunes rous’d, his conscience wakes, And prompts him to appease th’ offended gods.
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The love of wine is a good man’s failing.
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Do not bandy words with your father, nor treat him as a dotard, nor reproach the old man, who has cherished you, with his age.
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Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.
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Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
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How can I study from below, that which is above?
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Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.
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Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you’ve done.
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I would treat her like an egg, the shell of which we remove before eating it; I would take off her mask and then kiss her pretty face.
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Surely you do not believe in the gods. What’s your argument? Where’s your proof?
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Does it seem that everything is extravagance in the world, or rather madness, when you watch the way things go? A crowd of rogues enjoy blessings they have won by sheer injustice, while more honest folks are miserable and die of hunger.
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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.
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