Aristophanes

A truce to idle phrases!

— Aristophanes

Let each man exercise the art he knows.

— Aristophanes

You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.

— Aristophanes

By words the mind is winged.

— Aristophanes

Wealth--the most excellent of all gods.

— Aristophanes

“Under every rock lurks a politician.”

— Aristophanes

Open your mind before your mouth

— Aristophanes

A fox is subtlety itself.

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The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe.

— Aristophanes

Words give wings to the mind and make a man soar to heaven.

— Aristophanes

You should not decide until you have heard what both have to say.

— Aristophanes

Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.

— Aristophanes

What unlooked-for things do happen, to be sure, in a long life!

— Aristophanes

It is bad taste for a poet to be coarse and hairy.

— Aristophanes

Shall I crack any of those old jokes, master, At which the audience never fail to laugh?

— Aristophanes

Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!

— Aristophanes

The gods, my dear simple fellow, are a mere expression coined by vulgar superstition. We frown upon such coinage here.

— Aristophanes

Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever.

— Aristophanes

You have all the characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.

— Aristophanes

[Y]ou [man] are fool enough, it seems, to dare to war with [woman=] me, when for your faithful ally you might win…

— Aristophanes

I would treat her like an egg, the shell of which we remove before eating it; I would take off her mask…

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Shrines! Shrines! Surely you don't believe in the gods. What's your argument? Where's your proof?

— Aristophanes

Weak mortals, chained to the earth, creatures of clay as frail as the foliage of the woods, you unfortunate race, whose life…

— Aristophanes

Do not bandy words with your father, nor treat him as a dotard, nor reproach the old man, who has cherished you,…

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When men drink, then they are rich and successful and win lawsuits and are happy and help their friends. Quickly, bring me…

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“MYRRHINE Why, you've no blanket. CINESIAS It's not the silly blanket's warmth but yours I want. MYRRHINE Never mind. You'll soon have…

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Calonice: My dear Lysistrata, just what is this matter you've summoned us women to consider.What's up? Something big? Lysistrata: Very big. Calonice:…

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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…

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When the soldier returns from the wars, even though he has white hair, he very soon finds a young wife. But a…

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Look at the orators in our republics; as long as they are poor, both state and people can only praise their uprightness;…

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“Magistrate: May I die a thousand deaths ere I obey one who wears a veil! Lysistrata: If that's all that troubles you,…

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Do you dare to accuse wine of clouding the reason? Quote me more marvelous effects than those of wine. Look! when a…

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Comedy is allied to justice.

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Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.

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The wise learn many things from their foes.

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The old are in a second childhood.

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The love of wine is a good man's failing.

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Old age is but a second childhood.

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There's no art where there's no fee.

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Old age is second childhood.

— Aristophanes