Aristophanes Quotes
Quotations and aphorisms by Aristophanes:
You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.
~Aristophanes
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A man's homeland is wherever he prospers.
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Let each man exercise the art he knows.
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Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon that road which you must travel in the steps they trod.
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Under every stone lurks a politician.
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Evil events from evil causes spring.
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Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
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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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You should not decide until you have heard what both have to say.
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Love is simply the name for the desire and the pursuit of the whole.
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Shrines! Shrines! Surely you don't believe in the gods. What's your argument? Where's your proof?
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These impossible women! How they do get around us! The poet was right: Can't live with them, or without them.
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Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
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High thoughts must have high language.
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Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
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The wise learn many things from their enemies.
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Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war.
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A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
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Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.
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