Gains Quote by Aristophanes Download Open image “No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.” — Aristophanes ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Gains Honest Honesty Influence Men Truth
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All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse. — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
He who says there is no such thing as an honest man, you may be sure is himself a knave. — George Berkeley Copy Share Image
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If you strike upon a thought that baffles you, break off from that entanglement and try another, so shall your wits be fresh to… — Aristophanes Copy Share Image
“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… — Aristophanes Copy Share Image
Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say. — Aristophanes Copy Share Image
Only by being suspended aloft, by dangling my mind in the heavens and mingling my rare thought with the ethereal air, could I ever… — Aristophanes Copy Share Image
“You [demagogues] are like the fishers for eels; in still waters they catch nothing, but if they thoroughly stir up the slime, their fishing… — Aristophanes Copy Share Image
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… — Aristophanes Copy Share Image
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… — Aristophanes Copy Share Image
“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… — Aristophanes Copy Share Image
[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. — Aristophanes Copy Share Image
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