"If you strike upon a thought that baffles……" — 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 start again."
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Aristophanes
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59 Quotes by Aristophanes
Aristophanes has 59 quotes on this site.
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Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.
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Let each man exercise the art he knows.
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Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
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Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
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Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon that road which you must…
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Under every stone lurks a politician.
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A man's homeland is wherever he prospers.
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High thoughts must have high language.
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Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the…
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Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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The wise learn many things from their enemies.
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Surely you do not believe in the gods. What's your argument? Where's your proof?
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More Baffles Quotes
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Nothing baffles the schemes of evil people so much as the calm composure of great souls.
— Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau
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When things are baffling they usually don't unbaffle themselves.There's just, you know, a certain amount of baffling stuff that always,…
— Dean Koontz
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I hate it when I go out and I see parents going, 'don't do that', or 'stop doing that' when…
— Joe Strummer
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The magician depends for the success of his art upon the credulity of the people. Whatever mystifies, excites curiosity; whatever…
— Alexander Herrmann
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New York does nothing for those of us who are inclined to love her except implant in our hearts a…
— Maeve Brennan
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Our God is Jehovah of hosts, who can summon unexpected reinforcements at any moment to aid His people. Believe that…
— F B Meyer
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One piece of advice can be universally handed out, and it applies equally to speaking, understanding, reading, and writing. If…
— Mario Pei
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Nothing more completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity than straigthforward and simple integrity in another. A…
— Charles Caleb Colton
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People say Dolphins are intelligent and that but they’ve never done anything that have blown me away. They say I’m…
— Karl Pilkington
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Action on the move creates its own route, creates to a very great extent the conditions under which it is…
— Henri Bergson
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For three years, between 16 and 19, I was the opening-act-for-the-opening-act-for-the-opening-act, you know? And then I was on tour with…
— Vanilla Ice
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Art is a course in personal development that has no reliable diploma and no known end. The pursuit of art…
— Robert Genn
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