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Aristophanes Inspirational Quotes (56)

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High thoughts must have high language.
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The gods, my dear simple fellow, are a mere expression coined by vulgar superstition. We frown upon such coinage here.
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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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Old age is second childhood.
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The wise learn many things from their enemies.
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An insult directed at the wicked is not to be censured on the contrary, the honest man, if he has sense, can only applaud.
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This is what extremely grieves us, that a man who never fought Should contrive our fees to pilfer, on who for his native land Never to this day had oar, or lance, or blister in his hand.
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One bush, they say, can never hide two thieves.
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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 start again.
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A truce to idle phrases!
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There is no honest man! not one, that can resist the attraction of gold!
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You vote yourselves salaries out of the public funds and care only for your own personal interests hence the state limps along.
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Do not bandy words with your father, nor treat him as a dotard, nor reproach the old man, who has cherished you, with his age.
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Weak mortals, chained to the earth, creatures of clay as frail as the foliage of the woods, you unfortunate race, whose life is but darkness, as unreal as a shadow, the illusion of a dream.
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Comedy is allied to justice.
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First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.
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Have you ever, looking up, seen a cloud like to a Centaur, a Part, or a Wolf, or a Bull?
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You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.
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You can't have anything else to say: you've poured out every drop of what you know.
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Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
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The old are in a second childhood.
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To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.
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Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
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Prayers without wine are perfectly pointless.
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