--- title: "3 Foe Quotes By Aristophanes" description: "3 Foe quotes by Aristophanes. Plus more from Aristophanes and more Foe sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/843/aristophanes-3340_foe_the-truth-is-forced-upon-us-very-quickly_532396.png" --- > [The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristophanes/the-truth-is-forced-upon-us-very-quickly-by-a-foe/) [Aristophanes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristophanes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/843/aristophanes-3340_foe_the-truth-is-forced-upon-us-very-quickly_532396.png) > [A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristophanes/a-man-may-learn-wisdom-even-from-a-foe/) [Aristophanes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristophanes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/641/aristophanes-3340_foe_a-man-may-learn-wisdom-even-from-a-foe-2_2202161.png) > [You're mistaken; men of sense often learn much from their enemies. Prudence is the best safeguard. This principle cannot be learnt from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristophanes/you-re-mistaken-men-of-sense-often-learn-much-from-their-enemies/) [Aristophanes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristophanes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2e/aristophanes-3340_building_you-re-mistaken-men-of-sense-often-learn_2605114.jpg) ## Other authors on Foe - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 16 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/foe/william-shakespeare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sun-tzu-87907.jpg) Sun Tzu 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/foe/sun-tzu/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-f-kennedy-51344.jpg) John F. Kennedy 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/foe/john-f-kennedy/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/foe/henry-david-thoreau/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-dorothy-parker-30299.jpg) Dorothy Parker 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/foe/dorothy-parker/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-friedrich-schiller-36372.jpg) Friedrich Schiller 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/foe/friedrich-schiller/) ## More by Aristophanes > [If you strike upon a thought that baffles you, break off from that entanglement and try another, so shall your wits be fresh to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristophanes/if-you-strike-upon-a-thought-that-baffles-you-break-off-from-that/) [Aristophanes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristophanes/) > [“LYSISTRATA By the Goddesses, you'll find that here await you Four companies of most pugnacious women Armed cap-a-pie from the topmost louring curl To…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristophanes/lysistrata-by-the-goddesses-you-ll-find-that-here-await-you-four/) [Aristophanes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristophanes/) > [Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristophanes/thou-shouldst-not-decide-until-thou-hast-heard-what-both-have-to-say/) [Aristophanes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristophanes/) > [Only by being suspended aloft, by dangling my mind in the heavens and mingling my rare thought with the ethereal air, could I ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristophanes/only-by-being-suspended-aloft-by-dangling-my-mind-in-the-heavens-and/) [Aristophanes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristophanes/) > [Old age is second childhood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristophanes/old-age-is-second-childhood/) [Aristophanes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristophanes/) > [Love is simply the name for the desire and the pursuit of the whole.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristophanes/love-is-simply-the-name-for-the-desire-and-the-pursuit-of-the-whole/) [Aristophanes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristophanes/) > [ “You \[demagogues\] are like the fishers for eels; in still waters they catch nothing, but if they thoroughly stir up the slime, their fishing… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristophanes/you-demagogues-are-like-the-fishers-for-eels-in-still-waters-they/) [Aristophanes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristophanes/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristophanes/tis-not-for-us-to-warn-a-wilful-sinner-we-stay-him-not-but-let-him/) [Aristophanes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristophanes/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristophanes/women-you-overheated-dipsomaniacs-never-passing-up-a-chance-to-wangle/) [Aristophanes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristophanes/) > [“LYSISTRATA You know how to work. Play with him, lead him on, Seduce him to the cozening-point—kiss him, kiss him, Then slip your mouth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristophanes/lysistrata-you-know-how-to-work-play-with-him-lead-him-on-seduce-him/) [Aristophanes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristophanes/) > [ \[Y\]ou \[man\] are fool enough, it seems, to dare to war with \[woman=\] me, when for your faithful ally you might win me easily. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristophanes/y-ou-man-are-fool-enough-it-seems-to-dare-to-war-with-woman-me-when/) [Aristophanes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristophanes/) > [You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristophanes/you-cannot-teach-a-crab-to-walk-straight/) [Aristophanes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristophanes/) > [How can I study from below, that which is above?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristophanes/how-can-i-study-from-below-that-which-is-above/) [Aristophanes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristophanes/) > [First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristophanes/first-listen-my-friend-and-then-you-may-shriek-and-bluster/) [Aristophanes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristophanes/) > [If a man owes me money, I never seem to forget. But if I do the owing, I somehow never remember.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristophanes/if-a-man-owes-me-money-i-never-seem-to-forget-but-if-i-do-the-owing-i/) [Aristophanes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristophanes/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/foe/aristophanes/#itemlist", "name": "3 Foe Quotes By Aristophanes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Aristophanes" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristophanes/the-truth-is-forced-upon-us-very-quickly-by-a-foe/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/843/aristophanes-3340_foe_the-truth-is-forced-upon-us-very-quickly_532396.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/843/aristophanes-3340_foe_the-truth-is-forced-upon-us-very-quickly_532396.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/843/aristophanes-3340_foe_the-truth-is-forced-upon-us-very-quickly_532396.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe.” — Aristophanes", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Aristophanes" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristophanes/a-man-may-learn-wisdom-even-from-a-foe/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/641/aristophanes-3340_foe_a-man-may-learn-wisdom-even-from-a-foe-2_2202161.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/641/aristophanes-3340_foe_a-man-may-learn-wisdom-even-from-a-foe-2_2202161.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/641/aristophanes-3340_foe_a-man-may-learn-wisdom-even-from-a-foe-2_2202161.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.” — Aristophanes", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You're mistaken; men of sense often learn much from their enemies. 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