It often happens that less depends upon the valor of an army than the skill of the leader.
ARISTOPHANESToday things are better than yesterday.
More Aristophanes Quotes
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The old are in a second childhood.
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There is no beast, no rush of fire, like woman so untamed. She calmly goes her way where even panthers would be shamed.
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An insult directed at the wicked is not to be censured; on the contrary, the honest man, if he has sense, can only applaud.
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Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.
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Love is merely the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
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The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe.
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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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There’s no art where there’s no fee.
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Today things are better than yesterday.
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To invoke solely the weaker arguments and yet triumph is an art worth more than a hundred thousand drachmae.
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Old age is second childhood.
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Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
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It should not prejudice my voice that I’m not born a man, if I say something advantageous to the present situation. For I’m taxed too, and as a toll provide men for the nation.
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Words give wings to the mind and make a man soar to heaven.
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The love of wine is a good man’s failing.
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Open your mind before your mouth.
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There is no honest man! not one, that can resist the attraction of gold!
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You cannot make a crab walk straight.
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No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.
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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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By words the mind is winged.
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Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
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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!
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Ignorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever.
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A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
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A fox is subtlety itself.
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