It often happens that less depends upon the valor of an army than the skill of the leader.
ARISTOPHANESIt often happens that less depends upon the valor of an army than the skill of the leader.
ARISTOPHANESDo not take a blind guide.
ARISTOPHANESComedy is allied to justice.
ARISTOPHANESLook at the orators in our republics; as long as they are poor, both state and people can only praise their uprightness; but once they are fattened on the public funds, they conceive a hatred for justice, plan intrigues against the people and attack the democracy.
ARISTOPHANESTo plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.
ARISTOPHANESMen 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.
ARISTOPHANESThere’s no art where there’s no fee.
ARISTOPHANESAn ancient tradition declares that every idiot blunder we pass into law will sooner or later redound to Athens’ profit.
ARISTOPHANESYou can’t have anything else to say: you’ve poured out every drop of what you know.
ARISTOPHANESAh! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
ARISTOPHANESLet each man exercise the art he knows.
ARISTOPHANESWhen men drink wine they are rich, they are busy, they push lawsuits, they are happy, they are friends.
ARISTOPHANESPrayers without wine are perfectly pointless.
ARISTOPHANESThese impossible women! How they do get around us! The poet was right: can’t live with them, or without them!
ARISTOPHANESOne bush, they say, can never hide two thieves.
ARISTOPHANESPoverty, the most fearful monster that ever drew breath.
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